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
Our little party stopped first at trente et quarante, and Zoe commenced her observations.
From A Woman-Hater by Reade, Charles
Wiesbaden.—Kept its popularity, in spite of its loss of roulette and trente et quarante; but Baden-Baden is preferable.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 23, 1890 by Various
Shall it be trente et quarante or roulette?
From The Guests Of Hercules by Bracker, M. Leone
There were two very long tables, rounded off at the ends: one for trente et quarante and one for roulette.
From A Woman-Hater by Reade, Charles
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