subs. phr. (common).—1. Family whist, i.e., ‘unscientific’ whist. Also (2) = nineholes, a game played on a large stone, placed in a slanting direction, on the lower end of which holes are made, and numbered like the holes in a bagatelle-table; the player rolls a stone ball, or marble, from the higher end, and according to the number of the hole it falls into the game is counted; it is undoubtedly the very ancient game of Troule-in-madame.
1886. Daily News, Dec. 25, 5, 2. Christmas cards, and mince-pies, and another helping of turkey, and family whist, or BUMBLE PUPPY.
