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 play vingt-et-un one evening at Mrs. Merriman’s.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
They had also come to invite her to piay vingt-et-un one evening at Mrs. Merriman’s.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
Knight dined with us afterwards; and the Whites, the Bicknells, and Mrs. Gibson came in in the evening and played vingt-et-un.
From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 by Hogarth, Georgina
And by indoor games I do not mean anything so serious as bridge and billiards, nor anything so commercial as vingt-et-un with fish counters, nor anything so strenuous as "bumps."
From Not that it Matters by Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander)
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