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solitaire| Extinct flightless bird Pezophaps solitarius of the dodo family, Raphidae, in the pigeon order Columbiformes. It seems to have been restricted to the island of Rodriguez in the Indian Ocean, and was described 1708. In height the male was about 83 cm/33 in and weighed about 20 kg/44 lb; the legs were longer and the bill smaller than those of the dodo. |
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| A bell with an old voice - which I dare say in its time had often said to the house, Here is the green farthingale, Here is the diamondhilted sword, Here are the shoes with red heels and the blue solitaire, - sounded gravely in the moonlight, and two cherrycoloured maids came fluttering out to receive Estella. "I think they're more fun than playing solitaire or mumbletypeg," declared Uncle Henry, soberly. Always investing, then reinvesting the interest, and spending comparatively little of his income, his fortune had now reached the point where it was growing rapidly of its own momentum and, as there was nothing to which he looked forward, nothing he particularly wanted to do, he set himself the task of making it cross the half million mark, much as a man plays solitaire, to occupy his mind, betting against himself, to give point to his efforts. |