chinese whist

chinese whist
noun
Usage: usually capitalized C
: a card game for two, three, or four players resembling whist except that six of each player's cards are dealt face down on the table and a like number of cards face up upon them, the lower cards being revealed only as the cards above them are removed in the course of the play

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