How the Word "Renig" Originated.
Properly this word used in card playing should be "renege." It is good EngUsh for refuse, renounce and deny, Shakespeare uses it twice—in Antony and Cleopatra, act 1. scene 1 (reneagues). and in King Lear, act 2, scene 2.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 42, 20 February 1903, Page 6 (Supplement)
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44How the Word "Renig" Originated. Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 42, 20 February 1903, Page 6 (Supplement)
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