primero
a card game fashionable in England in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Origin of primero
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How to use primero in a sentence
All, I believe, from the report of the officer who arrived in the prize, have been dismissed from the Pedro primero.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamNo; but we shall find ourselves nearly on the banks of the river primero, and might set ourselves adrift on a raft.
The Flying Horseman | Gustave Aimardprimero, whom Mr. Longestaffe regarded as quite an upstart, and anything but a gentleman, owed no man anything.
The Way We Live Now | Anthony TrollopeBut if there was one man he hated more than another, it was his neighbour Mr. primero; and if one woman, it was Mrs. primero.
The Way We Live Now | Anthony TrollopeThe rules of primero moreover demand that if there are but two players, a third and disinterested party shall deal the cards.
The Nest of the Sparrowhawk | Baroness Orczy
British Dictionary definitions for primero
/ (prɪˈmɛərəʊ) /
mainly British a 16th- and 17th-century card game
Origin of primero
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