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CASSINO
casino, cassino
(noun) a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
cassino (countable and uncountable, plural cassinos)
Alternative form of casino (Italian card game)
(countable) Any of certain cards with special meanings in this game.
Anagrams
• Caisons, assicon, caisson, casinos, cassoni
Source: Wiktionary
Cas*si"no, n. Etym: [It. casino a small house, a gaming house. See asing.]
Definition: A game at cards, played by two or more persons, usually for twenty-one points. Great cassino, the ten of diamonds.
– Little cassino, the two of spades.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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