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• canfield
  canfield

  noun

  a game of solitaire often adapted to gambling purposes.
• Canfield
  Canfield

  noun

  Dorothy. Fisher, Dorothy Canfield.

canfield

¹ American  

[kan-feeld] / ˈkænˌfild /

noun

Cards.

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

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Canfield ² American  

[kan-feeld] / ˈkænˌfild /

noun

1. Dorothy. Fisher, Dorothy Canfield.

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canfield British  

/ ˈkænˌfiːld /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of canfield

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