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Vingt-et-un   Listen
Vingt-et-un

noun
1.
A gambling game using cards; the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the banker up to but not exceeding 21.  Synonyms: blackjack, twenty-one.





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"Vingt-et-un" Quotes from Famous Books



... fail to include this pack of cards among them,"—here the speaker exhibited that oviform specimen already mentioned—"and with these I have gained my bread among the inns and taverns between Madrid and this place, by playing at Vingt-et-un. It is true they are somewhat soiled and worn, as your worship sees; but for him who knows how to handle them, they possess a marvellous virtue, which is, that you never cut them but you find an ace at the bottom; if your worship then is acquainted ...
— The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes • Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
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Words linked to "Vingt-et-un" :   cards, card game


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