card-game

plural card-games

1. datedDated form of card game.

   There are many kinds of games, but the most important are the athletic games in which the players exercise their physical powers which I have briefly dealt with above, and the sedentary games, board-games, card-games, dominoes, &c., in which the players exercise their mental powers.

   1952, H[arold] J[ames] R[uthven] Murray, “The Distribution and Origin of Board-Games”, in A History of Board-Games Other Than Chess, Oxford, Oxfordshire: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 236

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   No sedentary game is more popular, or so generally played for amusement in domestic circles, throughout the wide spread “eminent demesne” of the United States, as Euchre—the Queen of all card-games; and but few, we regret to say it, possess less printed authoritative reference for consultation.

   1862 March, [Charles Henry Wharton Meehan], “Preface”, in The Law and Practice of the Games of Euchre. […], Philadelphia, Pa.: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 19

   The ironist will descend in a moment from a discussion of religion to a squabble over a card-game, and he will defend himself with the reflection that religion is, after all, a human thing, and must be discussed in the light of every-day living; and that the card-game is an integral part of life, reveals the personalities of the players, — and his own to himself, — and, being worthy of his interest, is worthy of his enthusiasm.

   1913 March, Randolph S[illiman] Bourne, “The Life of Irony”, in The Atlantic Monthly, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2023