bumble-puppy n.
amateurish whist, and latterly bridge, the level typically played in family or friendly games.
![]() | Sat. Rev. (London) 25 Oct. 520: Monte Carlo sells a harmless diversion, on a par very much with ‘bumble puppy’ or domestic whist at shilling points . | |
![]() | Daily News 25 Dec. S. 2: Christmas cards, and mince-pies, and another helping of turkey, and family whist, or bumble puppy [F&H]. | |
![]() | Our Mr Wrenn (1936) 234: She said [...] that she didn’t play Five Hundred, but only bumblepuppy bridge. | |
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