There goes the sweep....

[laurion]

For the first time, a Turk has won the Nobel Prize in Literature.  Congratulations go to Orhan Pamuk for his notable achievement, even if it did break the streak for us.

In some cases, a complete sweep is also known as a Boston.  I'm unfamiliar with the origins of this.  I should look it up.

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[sarahsam.livejournal.com]

I saw that earlier today, and immediately thought of you. Sorry!

[bleemoo.livejournal.com]

In some cases, a complete sweep is also known as a Boston.

Reference? I've never seen that before.

[laurion]

I've seen it in trick taking card games where one team/person takes all the tricks.

[laurion]

For example, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bid_whist .

I'm starting to think the word originated as a whist term, perhaps deriving from Boston Whist, a simple trick taking variant with an auction style bidding round added.