monte

¹

[ mon-tee ]

noun

, Cards.

1. Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
2. three-card monte ( def 1 ).

Monte

²

[ mon-tee ]

noun

1. a male given name.

monte

/ ˈmɒntɪ /

noun

1. a gambling card game of Spanish origin
2. informal.
   a certainty

Word History and Origins

Origin of monte¹

1815–25; < Spanish: mountain, hence, heap (of cards); mount ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of monte¹

C19: from Spanish: mountain, hence pile of cards

Example Sentences

In fits of hysterical laughter, punctured by shrieks of fear and delight, my daughter and I slid down the steep, narrow streets of Monte in a straw basket pushed by two men wearing traditional straw hats.

From Washington Post

On Sunday, November 2, Their Royal Highnesses will begin their visit to Mexico in the town of Real del Monte.

From The Daily Beast

Yeah, like Kathmandu and Monte Carlo, Maine and Monrovia, Harold had been to Vegas before.

From The Daily Beast

She married Kenneth Dear, a businessman, in 1964, and after his retirement they moved to Malta, then Monte Carlo.

From The Daily Beast

Newton shot the photos in Monte Carlo—where he lived—and the Tuscan countryside.

From The Daily Beast

Prisoners around the world have said that reading The Count of Monte Cristo helped them get through their ordeal.

From The Daily Beast

The young man from far away had not, so far as he knew, either enemies or friends at Monte Carlo.

From Project Gutenberg

Then, you know, she had no right to play in the Rooms again; she was supposed to pay her hotel bill, and leave Monte Carlo.

From Project Gutenberg

At the age of forty-five Monte Irvin was not ill-looking, and, indeed, was sometimes spoken of as handsome.

From Project Gutenberg

In fact, Monte Irvin had made a success of every affair in life with the lamentable exception of his marriage.

From Project Gutenberg

Neglectful of his personal safety, he plunged out into the traffic, dodging this way and that, and making after Monte Irvin's car.

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