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[syn: rouge et noir, trente-et-quarante]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rouge \Rouge\, a. [F., fr. L. rubeus red, akin to rubere to be
red, ruber red. See Red.]
red. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
Rouge et noir[F., red and black], a game at cards in which
persons play against the owner of the bank; -- so called
because the table around which the players sit has certain
compartments colored red and black, upon which the stakes
are deposited. --Hoyle.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Trente et quarante \Trente" et` qua`rante"\ [F., lit., thirty
and forty.]
Same as Rouge et noir, under Rouge.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
rouge et noir
n 1: a card game in which two rows of cards are dealt and
players can bet on the color of the cards or on which row
will have a count nearer some number [syn: rouge et noir,
trente-et-quarante]