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whist drive
noun
- a social gathering where whist is played; the winners of each hand move to different tables to play the losers of the previous hand
Example Sentences
It was, he recalled, a paper that "bothered with the little things in people's lives, the whist drives and flower shows".
The other man took the piece of paper and pinned it on the corkboard, where the notices of dances, auction sales, whist drives, and so on were displayed.
To read her, one must have an appetite for endless jumble sales and whist drives, and the interfering wisdom of dowagers and distressed gentlewomen.
They and their successors would also enjoy whist drives, concerts and dances.
She sees in the invalid priest a chaplain plainly provided as an answer to prayer; Mr. and Mrs. Kane, her confidants, see in the scheme immense occasion for unbridled bazaars and whist drives.
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