Blinden, G., a widow, an extra hand dealt at any game. Board’s the Play, a card once played cannot be taken back. Bobtail, a four-card flush or straight, which is accompanied by a worthless card. Bone-yard, the stock at dominoes. Book, the first six tricks taken by either side at Whist which do not count toward game. Both Ends against the Middle, a system of trimming cards for dealing a brace game of Faro. Brace Game, a conspiracy between the dealer and the case-keeper at Faro, so that cards improperly taken from the dealing box shall be properly marked by the case-keeper. Break. In Billiards, a succession of counting shots made by one player, usually called a “run” in America.
C. C. Bell). II. He was a jolly, jolly sailor boy, Who had lately come ashore; He spent his time in drinking wine As he had done before. Then we will have a jolly, jolly whirl, Then we will have a jolly, jolly whirl, And he who wants a pretty little girl Must kiss her on the shore. --Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire (Miss Matthews). III. Here comes one jolly sailor, Just arrived from shore, We ll spend our money like jolly, jolly joes, And then we ll work for more. We ll all around, around and around, And if we meet a pretty little girl We ll call her to the shore.