trente et quarante
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of trente et quarante
Borrowed into English from French around 1665–75
Example Sentences
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After two hours devoted to the impassive scrutiny of a spinning roulette wheel and the cards in another game called trente et quarante, the two departed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Often, while he was studying the plancton, a new idea would occur to him as to how he might penetrate the mysterious workings of the trente et quarante series.
From The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) by Vicente Blasco Ib??ez
Mademoiselle Klosking, the great contralto, whose success has been already recorded in all the journals, strolled, on one of her off nights, into the Kursaal at Homburg, and sat down to trente et quarante.
From A Woman-Hater by Charles Reade
They play trente et quarante and while walking about watching the game and their cards they do some talking: 'What a horrid affair!' while some speak together briefly and in a low tone of voice.
From The French Revolution - Volume 2 by John Durand
They all listened with delight to this voice of hope that refreshed their hearts before they gave themselves up to the strain and stress of roulette and trente et quarante.
From The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) by Vicente Blasco Ib??ez
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