Pedro Sancho

American  

[pee-droh san-choh, pey-droh sahn-choh] / ˈpi droʊ ˈsæn tʃoʊ, ˈpeɪ droʊ ˈsɑn tʃoʊ /

Sancho Pedro

noun

1. Cards. a form of the game pedro in which both the five and the nine of trumps count for their face value, and the ten of trumps wins the game.

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Etymology

Origin of Pedro Sancho

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

At Xauxa, also, the notary Pedro Sancho ends his Relacion, which embraces a much shorter period than the preceding narrative, but which is equally authentic.

From History of the Conquest of Peru; with a preliminary view of the civilization of the Incas by Prescott, William Hickling

A word as to the previous editions of Pedro Sancho may not be out of place here.

From An Account of the Conquest of Peru by Means, Philip Ainsworth

The work of Pedro Sancho is one of the most valuable accounts of the Spanish conquest of Peru that we possess.

From An Account of the Conquest of Peru by Means, Philip Ainsworth

Errors Pedro Sancho has in plenty; but the editor has striven to counteract them by footnotes.

From An Account of the Conquest of Peru by Means, Philip Ainsworth