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
Quinze, kwinz, n. a card-game, like vingt-et-un, the object being to count as nearly to fifteen as possible without going above it.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
He agreed, and they commenced a game of vingt-et-un.
From Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia by Jordan, F.
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