Meaning of card assembly | Babel Free

Definitions

A social event, sometimes organized regularly, at which guests play card games.

obsolete

Examples

“These preliminaries being adjusted, our hero forthwith repaired to a card assembly, which was frequented by some of the most notable gossips in town […]”

“1768, Abraham Tucker (as Edward Search⟳), The Light⟳ of Nature Pursued, London: T. Jones, Volume 2, Part 1, Chapter 16, p. 244, We shall cease to measure⟳ others satisfactions by our own⟳ standard, or think⟳ nothing desirable to them which we would not choose⟳ for ourselves; but shall discern a variety of tastes adapted to the several conditions wherein men are placed […] There is as much mirth in the kitchin as the parlour, and as great diversion in a country fair or a cricket match⟳ as a card assembly or a ridotto.”

“[…] sensible well informed people—where are they to be met with? that there are many such, I make⟳ no doubt⟳, but, what avails it—a man, or woman, of superior understanding, makes no better figure⟳—nay, I am apt to think⟳, a worse figure⟳ at a public place⟳, or, card assembly, than one who can only talk⟳ of the weather—the fashions, the opera, or the last⟳ new play⟳—and, where does one meet⟳ any soul, but at places of this nature?”

“Balls, concerts, card-assemblies, and every species of amusement in their power, were constantly contrived for our entertainment.”

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