Hoyle's Games Improved: Consisting of Practical Treatises on Whist, Short Whist, Quadrille ... with an Essay on Game Cocks, and the Rules, Etc. at Horse Races, Wherein are Comprised Calculations for Betting Upon Equal Or Advantageous Terms |
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adver adversary's attack basto bishop takes bishop's fourth square bishop's second square bishop's third square black king Bwins carambole chance cocks cribbage deal dealer dealt deuce discard eight elder-hand four gain gives check hand hole honour king's bishop's pawn king's knight king's knight's pawn king's pawn king's rook's pawn king's second square knave knight takes knight's fourth square knight's third square last player loses manille nine odd trick odds partner party pawn one move pawn retakes pawn takes pawn two moves pawn two steps person piece placed play the king points pool punter queen takes queen's bishop's pawn queen's pawn quinola reckoned reversis rook takes sequence small card small clubs small diamonds small hearts Spadille stake striker stroke strong in trumps strong suit Suppose takes the bishop takes the knight takes the pawn three cards throw tricks turned whist white king wins the game younger-hand