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fan-tan

(fan′tan′)

noun

a Chinese gambling game in which the players bet on the number of beans, etc. that will be left from a pile after it has been counted off in fours
a card game in which the players seek to discard all their cards in proper sequence

Origin: Chin fan t'an, lit., repeated divisions

See fan-tan in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A Chinese betting game in which the players lay wagers on the number of counters that will remain when a hidden pile of them has been divided by four.
A card game in which sevens and their equivalent are played in sequence and the first player out of cards is the winner.

Origin:

Origin: Chinese fān tān

Origin: : fān, turn, chance

Origin: + tān, to spread out

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