bouillotte

Old men of the world might say to him, as card-players would say to the man who declines to take advantage of his trumps, ‘Monsieur, you ought not to play at bouillotte.’

Eve and David 2007

Suppose that you sit down to a game of bouillotte, do you begin to argue over the rules of the game?

Eve and David 2007

Old men of the world might say to him, as card-players would say to the man who declines to take advantage of his trumps, ‘Monsieur, you ought not to play at bouillotte.’

Eve and David 2007

Suppose that you sit down to a game of bouillotte, do you begin to argue over the rules of the game?

Eve and David 2007

I send my kindest regards to your father; and think you had best see as little as possible of your bouillotte-playing French friend and his friends.

The Newcomes 2006

It was not very wrong to go there, and if the Prince did go and smoke a few cigars and have a game at bouillotte, it was not a very great crime.

The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

These gentlemen, among them all, almost without taking off their white kid gloves, would win or lose between forty and fifty thousand francs at bouillotte, just to give them an appetite before going to the club to finish the night at baccarat.

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Indeed, at the end of a few moments, at the request of Madame F----, the players deserted the bouillotte, and placed themselves in a circle around her.

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All the great deals are arranged at the club, around the bouillotte table, and a man must go there or suffer the penalty of seeing his business fall off.

The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

"Is it necessary to make a fuss about a few games at bouillotte?"

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