Black Maria
Black Maria noun - A form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades.
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Whist and Black Maria are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Whist" instead a noun phrase "Black Maria".
Whist
Whist noun - A card game for four players who form two partnerships; a pack of 52 cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six.
Black Maria and whist are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Black Maria" with "Whist", this terms are similar.
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