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When was the card game whist first recorded under the name trump?
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whist
Men playing whist, watercolour on paper by Mary Ellen Best, c. mid-19th century; in the York Art Gallery, England.
The card game that eventually evolved into whist was first recorded under the name trump in 1529.1