play cards for a pastime

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• pastime — /ˈpastaɪm / (say pahstuym) noun that which serves to make time pass agreeably; amusement, or sport: to play cards for a pastime. {late Middle English, from pass (verb) + time} …  

• play — /pleɪ / (say play) noun 1. a dramatic composition or piece; a drama. 2. a dramatic performance, as on the stage. 3. exercise or action by way of amusement or recreation. 4. fun, jest, or trifling, as opposed to earnest: he said it merely in play …  

• play — playingly, adv. playless, adj. playlike, adj. /play/, n. 1. a dramatic composition or piece; drama. 2. a dramatic performance, as on the stage. 3. exercise or activity for amusement or recreation. 4. fun or jest, as opposed to seriousness: I said …   Universalium

• cards, playing —    Invented in the 14th century, and a popular pastime ever since for both pleasure and profit. It is hardly surprising that numerous superstitions concerning card playing have been reported, including, for example: sitting *cross legged,… …   A Dictionary of English folklore

• play — [[t]pleɪ[/t]] n. 1) a dramatic composition; drama 2) a dramatic performance, as on the stage 3) activity, often spontaneous, engaged in for recreation, as by children 4) fun or jest, as opposed to earnest: I said it merely in play[/ex] 5) a pun… …   From formal English to slang

• Cribbage — For the pocket billiards game of the same name, see Cribbage (pool). Cribbage A steel and wood traditional cribbage board. Origin …   Wikipedia

• Pokémon — For other uses, see Pokémon (disambiguation). Pocket Monsters redirects here. For the unrelated media franchise, see Monster in My Pocket. The official logo of Pokémon …   Wikipedia

• baseball — /bays bawl /, n. 1. a game of ball between two nine player teams played usually for nine innings on a field that has as a focal point a diamond shaped infield with a home plate and three other bases, 90 ft. (27 m) apart, forming a circuit that… …   Universalium

• cribbage — /krib ij/, n. a card game for two or sometimes three or four players, a characteristic feature of which is the crib, and in which the object is to make counting combinations for points that are scored on a cribbage board. [1620 30; CRIB + AGE] *… …   Universalium

• Whist — Infobox CardGame title = Whist subtitle = image link = image caption = alt names = type = trick taking players = 4 play = Clockwise card rank = A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 ages = num cards = 52 card deck = Anglo American origin = England related …   Wikipedia

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