Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old French card game in which the player wins who takes the fewest tricks.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A certain game at cards.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An old
trick -takingcard game , popular with theFrench aristocracy in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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Examples
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His aim was always to make the 'reversis', that is, to win every trick.
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various
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They then played at 'reversis', which had been Bonaparte's favourite game in his youth.
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various
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They then played at 'reversis', which had been Bonaparte's favourite game in his youth.
The Memoirs of Napoleon Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de 1836
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His aim was always to make the 'reversis', that is, to win every trick.
The Memoirs of Napoleon Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de 1836
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His aim was always to make the 'reversis', that is, to win every trick.
Memoirs of Napoleon — Complete Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne 1801
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They then played at 'reversis', which had been Bonaparte's favourite game in his youth.
Memoirs of Napoleon — Complete Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne 1801
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She was very fond of play; she played basset, reversis, ombre, and sometimes a little primero; but she never won because she did not know how to play.
The Entire Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency d'Orleans, Charlotte -Elisabeth, duchesse 2001
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She was very fond of play; she played basset, reversis, ombre, and sometimes a little primero; but she never won because she did not know how to play.
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A game at _reversis_ [the description is of a gambling scene, in which Dangeau figures as a cool and skilful gamester] gives the company a form and a settlement.
Classic French Course in English William Cleaver Wilkinson
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The players at whist, reversis, boston, and backgammon noticed that evening that Mlle. Armande's features, usually so serene and pure, showed signs of agitation.
The Collection of Antiquities Honor�� de Balzac 1824
hernesheir commented on the word reversis
Also reversi.
November 19, 2010