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pelmanism

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n. 1 System of training to improve the memory. 2 A memory card game in which a pack of cards is spread out face down and players try to turn up pairs with the same symbol.

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Pelmanism was a system of training the mind which was popular in the United Kingdom during the first half of the twentieth century.

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London streets were laid out, how to play Pelmanism, how to win at poker, chess and a host of strange games whose complex subtleties escaped him.