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341:Cotillion (Contradance)
165:, Running Press, 2002.
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183:Hoyle's Rules of Games
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250:Glossary of solitaire
72:Glossary of solitaire
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181:"Nestor" (p.207) in
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995:Simple Simon
919:Intelligence
909:Four Corners
766:Royal Parade
690:Herz zu Herz
634:Seven Devils
538:Herring-Bone
528:Four Seasons
417:Odd and Even
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695:Hit or Miss
680:Frustration
670:Eight Cards
609:Crazy Quilt
407:Monte Carlo
346:Leoni's Own
288:by type - (
1326:Categories
1032:Black Hole
1013:Open games
949:St. Helena
771:Tournament
422:Patriarchs
382:Eagle Wing
356:Precedence
149:References
126:Variations
1279:card game
1163:Shamrocks
1093:Eight Off
1047:Salic Law
954:Stonewall
868:Sir Tommy
802:Labyrinth
785:Blockades
650:Accordion
563:Westcliff
533:Gargantua
518:Following
498:Deauville
447:Tri Peaks
402:Matrimony
331:The Clock
91:card game
88:solitaire
70:See also
16:Card game
1138:Päckchen
1133:Mrs. Mop
1108:FreeCell
1103:Fortress
1042:Intrigue
1037:Crescent
990:Scorpion
939:Pyramide
899:Box Kite
894:Blockade
889:Algerian
823:Colorado
811:Planners
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624:The Plot
599:Canfield
594:Backbone
584:Alhambra
543:Klondike
508:Diplomat
488:Congress
468:Batsford
452:Windmill
326:Birthday
294:glossary
239:See also
143:Doublets
136:Vertical
84:patience
27:Patience
1148:Persian
1143:Penguin
1027:Archway
973:Spiders
904:Bristol
877:Packers
848:Jubilee
828:Colours
792:Babette
675:Elevens
655:Aces Up
614:Duchess
513:Emperor
473:Big Ben
427:Pyramid
316:Amazons
209:16 June
1199:Nestor
1083:Bisley
1000:Spider
964:Zodiac
924:Martha
665:Decade
604:Casket
503:Deuces
493:Corona
412:Moojub
377:Carpet
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80:Nestor
54:Family
20:Nestor
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1244:Speed
959:Yukon
884:Agnes
336:Clock
118:play.
98:Rules
82:is a
1283:stub
1254:Spit
1194:Maze
838:Frog
619:Gate
579:Acme
387:Golf
290:list
211:2018
187:ISBN
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