Lexicographical Neighbors of Swobbers
Literary usage of Swobbers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Laws and Principles of Whist Stated and Explained: And Its Practice by Cavendish (1876)
"Johnson defines swobbers as " four privileged cards used incidentally in betting
at Whist." It has been conjectured by later writers that ..."
2. The Laws and Principles of Whist Stated and Explained: And Its Practice by Cavendish (1879)
"Johnson defines swobbers as " four privileged cards used incidentally in betting
at Whist." It has been conjectured by later writers that ..."
3. The Laws and Principles of Whist Stated and Explained by Henry] [Jones (1896)
"Johnson defines swobbers as " four privileged cards used incidentally in betting
at Whist." In Captain Francis Grose's " Classical ..."
4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1851)
"His Grace said, " He had heard that the clergyman used to play at whist and
swobbers; that as to playing now and then a sober game at whist for past ¡me, ..."
5. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift by Jonathan Swift (1898)
"... to an archbishop.2 His grace said, " he had heard that the clergyman used to
play at whist and swobbers;3 that as to playing now and then a sober game ..."
6. The Laws and Principles of Whist Stated and Explained: And Its Practice by Cavendish (1876)
"Johnson defines swobbers as " four privileged cards used incidentally in betting
at Whist." It has been conjectured by later writers that ..."
7. The Laws and Principles of Whist Stated and Explained: And Its Practice by Cavendish (1879)
"Johnson defines swobbers as " four privileged cards used incidentally in betting
at Whist." It has been conjectured by later writers that ..."
8. The Laws and Principles of Whist Stated and Explained by Henry] [Jones (1896)
"Johnson defines swobbers as " four privileged cards used incidentally in betting
at Whist." In Captain Francis Grose's " Classical ..."
9. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1851)
"His Grace said, " He had heard that the clergyman used to play at whist and
swobbers; that as to playing now and then a sober game at whist for past ¡me, ..."
10. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift by Jonathan Swift (1898)
"... to an archbishop.2 His grace said, " he had heard that the clergyman used to
play at whist and swobbers;3 that as to playing now and then a sober game ..."
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