rouge et noir

American  

[roozh ey nwahr, roozh ey nwar] / ˈruʒ eɪ ˈnwɑr, ruʒ eɪ ˈnwar /

noun

1. a gambling game using cards, played at a table marked with two red and two black diamond-shaped spots on which the players place their stakes.

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rouge et noir British  

/ ruʒ e nwar, ˈruːʒ eɪ ˈnwɑː /

noun

1. Also called: trente et quarante.  a card game in which the players put their stakes on any of two red and two black diamond-shaped spots marked on the table

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Etymology

Origin of rouge et noir

1785–95; < French: red and black

Example Sentences

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rouge et noir

Boot vhen he coom to rouge et noir,     A tear fell tripplin denn, Id look so moosh like goot old dimes,     To come dose games again.

From The Breitmann Ballads by Leland, Charles Godfrey

Yes, often," he replied; "side by side at rouge et noir, and at cards and chess where she is sure to beat.

From Bessie's Fortune A Novel by Holmes, Mary Jane

The only field in which their ambition ranged was the green cloth of the rouge et noir table.

From Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James

Poor Griff is that, whatever else he is, and Selina does not see it, nor anything else but her rouge et noir table. 

From Chantry House by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

She gives one the pleasure of adoration in its purest and most ideal form, and she adds to this the pleasure of rouge et noir.

From Stray Studies from England and Italy by Greene, John Richard