cooncan

[ koon-kan ]

noun

, Cards.

1. a variety of rummy for two players.

cooncan

/ ˈkuːnˌkæn /

noun

1. a card game for two players, similar to rummy

Word History and Origins

Origin of cooncan¹

1885–90, Americanism; popular alteration of conquian

Word History and Origins

Origin of cooncan¹

C19: from (Mexican) Spanish con quién with whom?, apparently with reference to the forming and declaring of sequences and sets of cards