bean-eater

Updated: May 27, 2025

I found the cards not sanded would follow up and fill the mouth of the box after each turn was made; and if the mouth remained dark and the edge of the top card could not be seen, one of the sand-papered cards was next, and a loser. This would give me several "dead" turns in each deal. By this means the great man, still despised as a Boston bean-eater, was able to bring his adversary to ruin.

Charles Whibley - American Sketches