CONQUIAN

Etymology

Noun

conquian (uncountable)

(card games) A card game, an ancestor of rummy.

Source: Wiktionary


Con"qui*an, n. (Card Playing)

Definition: A game for two, played with 40 cards, in which each player tries to form three or four of a kind or sequences.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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