rouge et noir

[ roozh ey nwahr; French roozh ey nwar ]

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.

rouge et noir

/ ruʒ e nwar; ˈruːʒ eɪ ˈnwɑː /

noun

1. 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 Also calledtrente et quarante

Word History and Origins

Origin of rouge et noir¹

1785–95; < French: red and black

Word History and Origins

Origin of rouge et noir¹

French, literally: red and black

Example Sentences

But defeated candidates will quite agree that the game of "bleu et jaune" is a good deal worse than "rouge et noir."

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He did not, however, confine himself to rouge et noir, but soon learned all the niceties of that scientific game cart.

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Thou wert playing at rouge-et-noir in more ways than one; for thy eyes were on thy neighbors, instead of thy cards.

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Such is gambling in the little country ruled over by Prince Rouge-et-Noir.

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The refined European makes his offerings at rouge et noir upon the green table; the zbeg on the sandy ground with four anklebones.

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