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monte

(män′tē)

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noun

a gambling game of Spanish origin, played with a special deck of forty cards in which the players bet against a banker on the suit of cards to be turned up from the deck

Origin: Sp monte, lit., mountain, hence heap of cards (left after players have their shares) < L mons (gen. montis), mount

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noun

A card game in which two cards are chosen from four laid out face-up and a player bets that one of the two will be matched in suit by the dealer before the other one.

Origin:

Origin: Spanish, mountain, pile, monte

Origin: , from Italian

Origin: , from Latin mōns, mont-, mountain; see men-² in Indo-European roots

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