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Pope Joan

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a game at cards played on a round board with compartments.

See also: Pope



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The lethargic youth contrived without any additional rousing to set out two card-tables; the one for Pope Joan, and the other for whist.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context
"Nay," quoth Will Scarlet, laughing, "so far as that goeth, I know of a certain friar that, couldst thou but get on the soft side of him, would do thy business even though Pope Joan herself stood forth to ban him.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Pyle, Howard View in context
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