vingt-et-un
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of vingt-et-un
1775–85; < French: literally, twenty-one
Example Sentences
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Reports came that the very President of the U. S. Steel Corp., that "good" corporation, was reveling on the Riviera, that he was playing roulette, vingt-et-un, chemin-de-fer and baccarat for stakes of thousands of dollars.
From Time Magazine Archive
They had also come to invite her to piay vingt-et-un one evening at Mrs. Merriman’s.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
They had also come to invite her to play vingt-et-un one evening at Mrs. Merriman’s.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
"The Vicomte d'Halluys did not come as he promised with the eight hundred pistoles he lost to you at vingt-et-un."
From The Grey Cloak by Peirce, Thomas Mitchell
After tea and coffee had been carried round, a card table appeared, and vingt-et-un was proposed.
From Gladys, the Reaper by Beale, Anne
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