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Poorly played whist
Answer for the clue "Poorly played whist ", 11 letters:
bumblepuppy
Word definitions for bumblepuppy in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bumblepuppy \Bum"ble*pup`py\, n. [Origin unknown; cf. Bumble , n.] The old game of nineholes. (Card Playing) Whist played in an unscientific way.
Usage examples of bumblepuppy.
Ikey Bates (Landlord of Rat's Castle, proprietor of two-penny dabs and a scandalous bagatelle board, having cut the bumblepuppy as too low!
Ikey Bates (Landlord of Rat's Castle, proprietor of two-penny dabs and a scandalous bagatelle board, having cut the bumblepuppy as too low!
Ikey Bates (Landlord of Rat's Castle, proprietor of twopenny dabs and a scandalous bagatelle board, having cut the bumblepuppy as too low!
She was again and publicly invited up to the parlor, and she came, though she said, rather shortly, that she didn't play Five Hundred, but only bumblepuppy bridge, a variety of whist which Mr.