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    Whist markers can be broadly divided into three groups: Short whist markers Long whist markers Long and short whist markers. A short whist marker displays...
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    the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Whist". Rules of Card Games: Whist Whist Counters, Whist Markers Whist on the Internet Archive (includes a number...
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    or developed: Self-playing Cards for Whist, Self-playing Cards for Bridge, and an improved design for Whist Markers. The Foster Echo, an unblocking play...
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  • using duplicate or rubber scoring. Some of them are also used in whist, bid whist, the obsolete game auction bridge, and other trick-taking games. This...
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    Hampshire historical markers. The text of each installed marker is provided within its entry. Although there are fewer than 300 markers, the name of this...
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    being played in a gaming house alongside all fours, loo, cribbage, and whist. In 1829, uker was being played with bowers on a steamboat in the American...
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    and could play checkers and chess simultaneously while playing a hand of whist, and reciting a list of long words. His maximum was 22 simultaneous blindfold...
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    Hoyle's Short Treatise on the Game of Whist which became one of the bestselling publications of the 18th century. Whist was widely played during the 18th...
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    [19] Archived 20 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine "You searched for whist". 11 May 2022. "Middle English Dictionary Entry". umich.edu. "Results of...
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    and strategy for the game and was bound together with a similar text on whist. The early form of backgammon was very similar to its predecessor, Irish...
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