BOSTONS

Noun

Bostons

plural of Boston

Source: Wiktionary


BOSTON

Bos"ton, n.

Definition: A game at cards, played by four persons, with two packs of fifty-two cards each; -- said to be so called from Boston, Massachusetts, and to have been invented by officers of the French army in America during the Revolutionary war.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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