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In Captain Francis Grose’s "Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue" (1785), swabbers are said to be "The ace of hearts, knave of clubs, ace and deuce of trumps at Whist." The Hon. Daines Barrington (writing in 1787), says, that at the beginning of the century, whisk was "played with what were called swabbers, which were possibly so termed, because they who had certain cards in their hand were entitled to take up a share of the stake, independent of the general event of the game." This was probably the true office of the swabbers. Each game requires coins from both players to start the game, and the one player who wins can take the all money. Hoyle was engaged in writing on games, and in giving lessons playing now and then a sober game at Whist. If the Honors are equally divided among the Gamesters of each side, then they say Honors are split. Some writers are of the opinion that trump was originally played without honors; but as no description of trump without honors is known to exist, their view must be taken as conjectural. It appears that a clergyman was recommended to the Archbishop for preferment, when His Grace said, "he had heard that the clergyman used to play at Whist and swobbers; that as to 51 playing now and then a sober game at Whist, it might be pardoned; but he could not digest those wicked swobbers." Johnson defines swobbers as ‘four privileged cards used incidentally in betting at Whist." It has been conjectured by later writers that swabbers were identical with the honors; but this is an error.

That the game had not yet become fashionable is evident from the disparaging way in which it is referred to by writers of the period. Early in the century the points of the game rose from nine to ten ("nine in all." Cotton, 1709; "ten in all," Cotton, 1721; "nine in all," Cotton, 1725; "ten in all," Seymour, 1734, "rectified according to the present standard of play"). After the swabbers were dropped (and it is probable that they were not in general use in the eighteenth century), our national card game became known simply as Whist, What is a billiards club though still occasionally spelt whisk. At this period (early part of the eighteenth century) there was a mania for card playing in all parts of Europe, and in all classes of society, but Whist had not as yet found favor in the highest circles. "At Ruff and Honors, by some called Slamm, you have in the Pack all the Deuces, and the reason is, because four playing having dealt twelve a-piece, there are four left for the stock, the uppermost whereof is turn’d up, and that is Trumps, he that hath the Ace of that Ruffs: that is, he takes in those four Cards, and lays out four others in their lieu; the four Honors are the Ace, King, Queen, and knave; he that hath three Honors in his own hand, his partner not having the fourth, sets up Eight by Cards, that is two tricks; if he hath all four, then Sixteen, that is four tricks; it is all one if two Partners make them three or four between them, as if one had them.

Twelve a-piece, and the Trump is the bottom Card. Mr. R. B. Wormald writes thus respecting them in 1873: - Being driven by stress of weather to take shelter in a sequestered hostelry on the Berkshire bank of the Thames, he found four persons immersed in the fame of Whist: "In the middle of the hand, one of the players with a grin that almost amounted to a chuckle, and a vast display of moistened thumb, spread out upon the table the ace of trumps; whereupon the other three deliberately laid down their hands, and forthwith severally handed over the sum of one penny to the fortunate holder of the card in question. Financing can take longer than expected to secure or even be denied, so avoid committing to a costly rental agreement too quickly. Ruffe seems to have been used as a synonym for trump early in the seventeenth century, as appears from the extract from Cotgrave’s "Dictionary." Nares, in his "Glossary," says - "Ruff meant a trump card, charta dominatrix;" even at the present day, many Whist players speak of ruffing, i.e. trumping; and, in the expression a cross-ruff, the word ruff is preserved to the exclusion of the word trump.

By now, you should have a solid understanding of the basics of billiards, cueing techniques, shots, rules, and etiquette. Fielding, in his "History of the life of the late Mr. Jonathan Wild, the Great," records that when the ingenious Count La Ruse was domiciled with Mr. Geoffrey Snap, in 1682, or, in other words, was in a spunging-house, the Count beguiled the tedium of his in-door existence by playing at Whisk-and-Swabbers, "the game then in chief vogue." Swift also, in his "Essay on the Fates of Clergymen" (1728), ridicules Archbishop Tenison for not understanding the meaning of swabbers. And let’s not forget about "One-Pocket." This game is a true test of your defensive play. Rather than judging, we have more productively spent our time searching out the best places to play pool, billiards or snooker in New York. The key to owning and operating a successful billiards parlor lies in your ability to establish a good business relationship with Triangle billiard. Hopefully, you now have some good name ideas for your pool hall. The introduction of the name whist whisk would appear to have taken place early in the seventeenth century. You will know you are in the right place by the plethera of neon lights.