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can⋅field

[kan-feeld]
–noun Cards.
a game of solitaire often adapted to gambling purposes.

Origin:
1910–15; named after R. A. Canfield (1855–1914), American gambler, inventor of the game

Can⋅field

[kan-feeld]
–noun
Dorothy. Fisher, Dorothy Canfield.
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can·field   (kān'fēld')   
n.   Games
A form of solitaire.

[After Richard Albert Canfield (1855-1914), American gambler.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

Canfield 
type of solitaire, 1912, from U.S. gambler J.A. Canfield (1855-1914).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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