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whist drive
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whist drive
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(Group Games / Card Games) a social gathering where whist is played; the winners of each hand move to different tables to play the losers of the previous hand
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Noun1.whist drive - a progressive whist party
party - an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment; "he planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day"
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
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whist drive
n → Whistrunde f → mit wechselnden Parteien
whist drive n → torneo di whist
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They hosted whist drives, social evenings, bazaars and a weekly dance.
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We used to go dancing, we had a caravan in the Dales and we do the whist drives at the golf club.
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For most of the past 40 years the hall has been the home of youth clubs, whist drives, village socials, concerts, parties and keep fit classes, but times change and the renovations done in the 1960s are no longer up to the standards expected in the 21st century.
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