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noun
1.
Also, fan tan. Also called parliament, sevens. Cards. a game in which the players play their sevens and other cards forming sequences in the same suits as their sevens, the winner being the player who first runs out of cards.
2.
a Chinese gambling game in which a pile of coins, counters, or objects is placed under a bowl and bets are made on what the remainder will be after they have been counted off in fours.
Origin:
1875–80; < Chinese fān tān literally, repeated divisions, or < cognate dial. forms
1875–80; < Chinese fān tān literally, repeated divisions, or < cognate dial. forms
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Fantan
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
WordNet
| fantan | |
noun | |
| 1. | a Chinese gambling game; a random number of counters are placed under a bowl and you gamble on how many will be left (0, 1, 2, or 3 modulo 4) |
| 2. | a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards |
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