quinze
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of quinze
French: fifteen
Example Sentences
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They have some curious practices in their play: when going to run a race, or when intending to play cuatro or quinze, they do not eat chile.
From Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan by Carl Lumholtz
The principal games at this period were quinze and faro.
From The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 by Philip Wharton
And it also said as cruelly, in reference to the debates on the civil list, that "la meilleure république coute quinze millions."
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Kuno Francke
One poor wretch lost several oxen in one game of quinze.
From Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan by Carl Lumholtz
"Including baccarat and quinze?" enquired the Marchesa, lazily picking out the most delicate morsels from the cold fish on her plate.
From The Children of the King by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
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