One spade, two clubs, etc

Usage examples of bids.

They became lovers within a week, for Bids was not one to hold anything back.

Peremptory, plain spoken, puritanical in her concepts -of honour and truth, in no way did Bids resemble the servile, cozening girls he had known.

Steve knew that the time would soon come when he would lose Bids and faced it with grim composure.

He knew Bids was strong, and consoled himself that she would be the making of Hugh.

He sat there thinking of Bids, thinking of youth, marvellous moonlight nights, that time by the lake with all the islands like green butterflies, lone sunny valleys, and hidden ones made for lovers, secret cracks in the earth.

He was in another place altogether and cared for nothing but himself and Bids Tookey.

Not for a moment did Hugh think that Jer might tell Bids, or worse, her grim father, that his brother was promised to a girl in Trafalgar.

Eny, but she was more shaken by the news that Bids was employed in a bank.

She thought she was going to keel over, for the girl, this Bids Tookey, was so like her Kathleen they might have been sisters.

The waitress brought more tea, Bids all the time gazing at Eny with a direct shining look.

I come here only to appeal to you, not to make troubleT As she spoke, she put in front of Bids the engagement pictures of Hugh and Margaret.

It was not till Bids went to school that Evie realised she was in bondage.

It was probable he would have been tyrannical with Bids too, if the girl had been of another disposition.

The school had a bush picnic, and Bids and one of the boys became lost.

He had given Bids courage to face all the trouble she had at that time.