keno
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of keno
1805–15, < French quine five (winning numbers) (≪ Latin quinī five each) + (lott)o
Example Sentences
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Chinese entrepreneurs popularized games such as keno and pai gow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2024
When Foxwoods reopens, it won’t offer poker, sports betting, keno, and bingo—partly due to crowding concerns, and partly because the casino won’t be bringing back enough staff at first to man all those games.
From Slate ● May 7, 2020
South Dakota voters in 2014 approved an amendment authorizing lawmakers to allow keno, craps and roulette in Deadwood.
From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2018
As it were, I don’t believe either fighter landed a punch in the first round; the crowd had the look of folks waiting for keno results to post.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2015
The little woman saw that she had got her foot into something, and she blushed and backed out, and asked the traveling man what keno meant.
From Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 by Peck, George W. (George Wilbur)
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