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Men playing whist, watercolour on paper by Mary Ellen Best, c. mid-19th century; in the York Art Gallery, England.
In the card game dummy whist, the exposed hand—known as the dummy—is used as a fourth hand in a three-player game.12
The dummy hand is dealt faceup on the side of the table opposite the player responsible for managing it. Throughout the duration of a rubber, each player takes turns managing the dummy hand. This variant is historically significant as an ancestor to the game of bridge.12