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

All day long his imagination had been playing hazard, or rouge et noir.

From The Young Duke by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

The world was the table whereon he played; the game rouge et noir, with the whirl of predatory commercialism as the wheel, and the ball weighted to drop where he might direct.

From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis

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

One table was devoted to roulette, a second to rouge et noir, and a third to baccarat.

From First Person Paramount by Pratt, Ambrose

She made them play for macaroons at rouge et noir.

From The Aspirations of Jean Servien by France, Anatole