abondance

British  

/ abɔ̃dɑ̃s /

noun

1. cards a variant spelling of abundance

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Example Sentences

I'm about to espoushe my fair ward—and this is positively my lasht appearance en bout—I know and am fully aware abondance de bien ne nuit until a better comes.

From Mistress Penwick by Payne, Dutton

The call of abondance is, however, superseded by any other player declaring to make abondance in trumps, i.e. with the trump suit as it stands.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis

The higher call always supersedes the lower one, but a player, having once called, can, if he is over-called, increase his call up to the highest limit—the abondance declar�e.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis

Next in importance comes the abondance, in which the stake is 1s. 6d., and it is not uncommon here to double the value of the over-tricks, but not of the under-tricks.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis

Il avoit attention qu'elle eût son necessaire, que tout ce qu'elle pouvoit desirer en agrémens et douceurs, et qui peut passer pour abondance pour une religieuse, lui fut fourni.

From Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819 by Hughes, John