canfield

¹

[kan-feeld]

noun

Cards.

1. a game of solitaire often adapted to gambling purposes.

Canfield

²

[kan-feeld]

noun

1. Dorothy. Fisher, Dorothy Canfield.

canfield

/ ˈkænˌfiːld /

noun

1. cards a gambling game adapted from a type of patience

Word History and Origins

Origin of canfield¹

1910–15; named after R. A. Canfield (1855–1914), American gambler, inventor of the game

Word History and Origins

Origin of canfield¹

C20: named after R. A. Canfield (1855–1914), US gambler

Example Sentences

By one account, the hotel’s early managers included a Mr. Canfield from Santa Barbara, followed by Mr. Cromwell from San Francisco, both of whom committed suicide.

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Two firefighters were killed and a third injured on Sunday after a gunman shot at them as they arrived at a blaze at Canfield Mountain, just north of Coeur d'Alene.

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Zara Canfield, 31, from Banbury, began using second-hand shops in 2019 after taking part in Oxfam’s Second Hand September.

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The East Canfield Village neighborhood of Detroit is not the most likely place to encounter a monumental sculpture of an African crown glittering with gold lowrider paint and soaring high into the trees.

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Weber’s sculpture, “New Forest, Ancient Thrones,” in the newly designed East Canfield Art Park, was unveiled May 18 in a procession led by West African drummers.

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