manille
[muh-nil]
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noun Cards.
the second highest trump in certain card games, as the seven of trumps in omber or nine of trumps in klaberjass.
Also menel.
Origin of manille
1665–75; alteration of Spanish malilla, diminutive of obsolete mala, noun use of feminine of malo bad < Latin malus
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Manille, ma-nil′, n. in ombre and quadrille, the highest card but one.
manille
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Word Origin for manille
C17: from French, from Spanish malilla, diminutive of mala bad
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