trente et quarante
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of trente et quarante
Borrowed into English from French around 1665–75
Example Sentences
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After two hours devoted to the impassive scrutiny of a spinning roulette wheel and the cards in another game called trente et quarante, the two departed.
From Time Magazine Archive
There were two very long tables, rounded off at the ends: one for trente et quarante and one for roulette.
From A Woman-Hater by Charles Reade
Wiesbaden.—Kept its popularity, in spite of its loss of roulette and trente et quarante; but Baden-Baden is preferable.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 23, 1890 by Various
Baccarat's a safer game than roulette or trente et quarante, I begin to think, and I could adapt the system——" "Never mind the system now!
From The Guests Of Hercules by M. Leone Bracker
Waxdorf lost at trente et quarante, and needed money.
From Hania by Henryk Sienkiewicz
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