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

In short, the best plan by far would be, if play one must, to stick to "rouge et noir," which bears some semblance of fairness.

From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 by Various

She made them play for macaroons at rouge et noir.

From The Aspirations of Jean Servien by Anatole France

Peter thought of rouge et noir, and wondered what the odds were that he would be forced to say something by Miss Pierce's next speech.

From The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Paul Leicester Ford

On this occasion the beautiful widow herself occupied a place at the rouge et noir table, and Reginald beheld enough to enlighten him as to her real character.

From Run to Earth A Novel by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

The third, and inner, apartment was much larger than either of the others, and in this room there was a table for rouge et noir.

From Run to Earth A Novel by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon