Let us have a game at cards — at ecarte, if you please. From Wordnik.com. [Roundabout Papers] Reference
I turned away with a pang, and played ecarte with Colonel. From Wordnik.com. [The Fitz-Boodle Papers] Reference
“A what?” said Rawdon, looking up from an ecarte table. From Wordnik.com. [Vanity Fair] Reference
Homais played ecarte with Emma; Leon behind her gave her advice. From Wordnik.com. [Madame Bovary] Reference
The best amateur billiard and ecarte player in England, is Coxe Tuggeridge Coxe, Esq., of. From Wordnik.com. [Cox's Diary] Reference
The old women who played ecarte made such a noise about a five-franc piece that it was not worth Colonel. From Wordnik.com. [Vanity Fair] Reference
Florentine brought the money, which she obtained from Georges, who had just passed eight times at ecarte. From Wordnik.com. [A Start in Life] Reference
Or, if need be, they played at cards, always the same old games — cribbage, ecarte, or double-dummy whist. From Wordnik.com. [Virgin Soil] Reference
Suddenly the General, who was still going on with his eternal game at ecarte with the prefect, turned round. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Lady Roseville was playing at ecarte, when I entered. From Wordnik.com. [Pelham — Complete] Reference
"A what?" said Rawdon, looking up from an ecarte table. From Wordnik.com. [Vanity Fair] Reference
Let us have a game at cards -- at ecarte, if you please. From Wordnik.com. [Roundabout Papers] Reference
There was a man there who used to cheat horribly at ecarte. From Wordnik.com. [Ayala's Angel] Reference
King next played billiards while a game of ecarte was started. From Wordnik.com. [The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X] Reference
He danced, played at ecarte, lost some money, and went home to bed. From Wordnik.com. [Study of a Woman] Reference
Godolphin sat apart from the talkers playing a quiet game at ecarte. From Wordnik.com. [Godolphin, Complete] Reference
Rawdon and his friend meanwhile played ecarte until they had enough. From Wordnik.com. [Vanity Fair] Reference
Bixiou, her so-called step-son, that the young people should play at ecarte. From Wordnik.com. [The Celibates] Reference
Have a game of ecarte till I come back, unless you would like to wait for me. From Wordnik.com. [Virgin Soil] Reference
Mortimer had stayed to dinner, and he and the baronet played ecarte afterwards. From Wordnik.com. [The Hound of the Baskervilles] Reference
You will say, Why not take to backgammon, or ecarte, or amuse yourself with a book?. From Wordnik.com. [The Fitz-Boodle Papers] Reference
This person is the notorious Monsieur G--, who was detected cheating at ecarte at the. From Wordnik.com. [Valerie] Reference
Hither one or two of us would adjourn after lunch, and play ecarte for an hour or two. From Wordnik.com. [Autobiography of Anthony Trollope] Reference
Champignac was very fond of ecarte, and made many parties with the Colonel of evenings, while. From Wordnik.com. [Vanity Fair] Reference
You saw much ecarte and more love-making, and lost your heart and your money with equal facility. From Wordnik.com. [Pelham — Complete] Reference
These were for those who preferred to play piquet or ecarte, two or three couples being so engaged. From Wordnik.com. [Colonel Thorndyke's Secret] Reference
Or, if need be, they played at cards, always the same old games -- cribbage, ecarte, or double-dummy whist. From Wordnik.com. [Virgin Soil] Reference
First they played some hands at trente-et-un; next Monsieur Homais played ecarte with Emma; Leon behind her gave her advice. From Wordnik.com. [Madame Bovary] Reference
The best amateur billiard and ecarte player in England, is Coxe Tuggeridge Coxe, Esq., of Portland Place, and Tuggeridgeville. From Wordnik.com. [Burlesques] Reference
I lost a few Napoleons at ecarte in order to pay my entree, and then commenced a desultory flirtation with one of the fair decoys. From Wordnik.com. [Pelham — Complete] Reference
I have said why I could not ask her to waltz, and I turned away with a pang, and played ecarte with Colonel Trumpenpack all night. From Wordnik.com. [The Fitz-Boodle Papers] Reference
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