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Definition of Beggar-my-neighbor
1. Noun. A card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards.
Definition of Beggar-my-neighbor
1. Noun. A card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beggar-my-neighbor
Literary usage of Beggar-my-neighbor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"... drawing straws, or beggar- my-neighbor, he will cheat you — cheat you for a
hundred pounds or for a guinea, and murder you afterwards if you like. ..."
2. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"We will take refuge in cards, and play at " beggar my neighbor," not abuse my
neighbor. We will go to the Zoological Gardens and talk freely about the ..."
3. The Powers that Prey by Josiah Flynt, Alfred Hodder (1900)
"wanted Edwin Parlby for president, the citizens of the municipality of - were
universally occupied in a game of beggar-my-neighbor, which cannot have been ..."
4. Charles O'Malley, the Irish Dragoon by Charles James Lever, Hablot Knight Browne (1892)
"... and refreshing,' says the ghost; 'and now, Mr. Free, what do you say to a
little " spoilt five," or " beggar my neighbor '' ? ..."
5. The Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray (1889)
"We will take refuge in cards, and play at " beggar my neighbor," not abuse my
neighbor. We will go to the Zoological Gardens and talk freely about the ..."
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