primero

American  

[pri-mair-oh] / prɪˈmɛər oʊ /

noun

1. a card game fashionable in England in the 16th and 17th centuries.

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primero British  

/ prɪˈmɛərəʊ /

noun

1. a 16th- and 17th-century card game

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Etymology

Origin of primero

1525–35; < Spanish: literally, first < Latin prīmārius primary

Example Sentences

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primero

The game is likely primero — a bluffing game similar to poker.

From Washington Post

And each is fond of holding up a forefinger, smiling faintly and declaring: "Yo, el primero."

From Time Magazine Archive

I never prospered since I forswore myself at primero.

From The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by John Glover

This was probably the triumfo of the Italians, and the triomphe of the French—being perhaps of equal antiquity in England with primero.

From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer

You, who play at primero with Don Franco Maironi, should warn him that the air of Lugano is far better than the air of Oria.

From The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico by Antonio Fogazzaro