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ca·sino (kə sē′nō)

noun pl. casinos -·nos

  1. in Italy, a small country house
  2. a public room or building for entertainments, dancing, or, now specif., gambling
  3. a card game for two to four players in which the object is to use cards in the hand to take cards or combinations of cards exposed on the table

Etymology: It, dim. of casa, house < L, hut, shed; orig.? of plaited material < IE base *kat-, to twist, plait > OE heathor, pen, Sans kōt, small stable

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casino

n.

club, clubhouse, betting house, bank, the house, gambling establishment, dance hall, poolroom, roadhouse, gambling den, betting parlor, OTB, gambling joint*, Monte Carlo*, dive*, honky-tonk*; see also bar 2, saloon 3.


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casino Usage Examples

Preposition: of

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Converse of object

  • propose: Construction of the proposed resort casino is projected to be completed by mid-2007.

Adjective modifier

  • self-contained: This self-contained casino and resort offers everything an adventurous vacationer could want -- including a Wildlife Habitat and a 15-acre Caribbean-style water playground.

Modifies a noun

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Noun used with modifier

  • fun: Thank you very much for providing us with a fun casino evening. it all went very smoothly.
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I have come to regard the law courts not as a cathedral but rather as a casino.

-Ingrams, Richard Reid

Speculators may do no harm as bubbles on a steady stream of enterprise.But the position is serious when enterprise becomes the bubble on a whirlpool of speculation.When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done.

-Keynes (of Tilton),John Maynard, 1st Baron

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