vingt-et-un

[ French van-tey-œn ]

Origin of vingt-et-un

1
1775–85; <French: literally, twenty-one

Words Nearby vingt-et-un

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How to use vingt-et-un in a sentence

  • He could understand them, and make them understand him, well enough to play vingt et un with them the whole forenoon.

    Bonaventure | George Washington Cable
  • For example, at vingt-et-un, you will always know whether it is advisable to draw another card or not.

    Sharps and Flats | John Nevil Maskelyne
  • After dinner cards were brought forth and vingt et un was played.

    Berry And Co. | Dornford Yates
  • At any rate, the meetings seemed to have been successful, and to have ended with "a game of mild vingt-et-un."

  • Bonaparte did not like cards; when he did happen to play it was always vingt-et-un.

    The Companions of Jehu | Alexandre Dumas, pre

British Dictionary definitions for vingt-et-un

vingt-et-un

/ French (vɛ̃teœ̃) /


noun
  1. another name for pontoon 2

Origin of vingt-et-un

1
literally: twenty-one

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