ecarte

• “Mortimer had stayed to dinner, and he and the baronet played ecarte {6} afterwards.”

  Fictionaut: The Seriously Deranged Writer and the Model Cars

• “Mrs Gowan glanced at the other end of the room, where her son was playing ecarte on a sofa, with the old lady who was for a charge of cavalry.”

  Little Dorrit

• “He danced, played at ecarte, lost some money, and went home to bed.”

  Study of a Woman

• “Florentine brought the money, which she obtained from Georges, who had just passed eight times at ecarte.”

  A Start in Life

• “Any day a countess or an actress or a run of luck at ecarte might set him up with an outfit worthy of a king.”

  The Magic Skin

• “The announcement of supper put a stop both to the game of ecarte, and the recapitulation of the beauties of the Eatanswill GAZETTE.”

  The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

• “The best amateur billiard and ecarte player in England, is Coxe Tuggeridge Coxe, Esq., of”

  Cox's Diary

• “Let us have a game at cards — at ecarte, if you please.”

  Roundabout Papers

• “French phrases in his conversation, having picked up a smattering of that language during a residence “on the Continent;” in fact, he had found it very convenient at various times of his life to dwell in the city of Boulogne, where he acquired a knowledge of smoking, ecarte, and billiards, which was afterwards of great service to him.”

  Mens Wives

• “The old women who played ecarte made such a noise about a five-franc piece that it was not worth Colonel”

  Vanity Fair

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