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Beggar My Neighbor  

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  • Beggar My Neighbor is a British card game that may date back to a late-16th-century card game known as Knave Out of Doors, which was mentioned in a 1604 play, A Woman Killed with Kindness, by John Haywood. Regardless of when it originated, it was a very popular game by the 19th century. [Source: Encyclopedia of Play in Today's Society; Beggar My Neighbor]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-XXLB0V0N-G

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