briscola

And when he wasn’t doing any of these things Nick would find him here and they’d play a card game called briscola, pronounced breeshk in dialect, a game the old men played, and they played just to pass the time, which there were worse ways of doing because there was something about George the Waiter that Nick found interesting.

Underworld Don Delillo 2008

And when he wasn’t doing any of these things Nick would find him here and they’d play a card game called briscola, pronounced breeshk in dialect, a game the old men played, and they played just to pass the time, which there were worse ways of doing because there was something about George the Waiter that Nick found interesting.

Underworld Don Delillo 2008

And when he wasn’t doing any of these things Nick would find him here and they’d play a card game called briscola, pronounced breeshk in dialect, a game the old men played, and they played just to pass the time, which there were worse ways of doing because there was something about George the Waiter that Nick found interesting.

Underworld Don Delillo 2008

That's where the Italian men sit and drink Campari and play briscola, an Italian card game.

America's Bocce Capital 2008

He had played briscola with peasants in a coffeehouse of Fiesole.

The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

Choulette, having, as was his habit, played briscola with the cook at the caterer's, appeared, as joyful as if he possessed the mind of a god.

The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

He had played briscola with peasants in a coffeehouse of Fiesole.

The Red Lily — Complete Anatole France 1884

Choulette, having, as was his habit, played briscola with the cook at the caterer's, appeared, as joyful as if he possessed the mind of a god.

The Red Lily — Complete Anatole France 1884

It is a village church, where the chickens roam, while the 'cure' plays briscola with the sacristan. "

The French Immortals Series — Complete Various