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skat

  [skaht, skat]
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–noun
a card game for three players, using a pack of 32 playing cards, sevens through aces, the object being to fulfill any of various contracts, with scoring computed on strategy and on tricks won.
Origin:
1860–65; < G skat < It scarto, deriv. of scartare to discard, equiv. to s- ex- 1 + -cartare, deriv. of carta card 1
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skat   (skāt)   
n.  

  1. A card game for three persons that is played with 32 cards, sevens through aces.

  2. One of the combinations of cards occurring in this game.


[German, from Italian scarto, a discarded card, from scartare, to reject : s-, out; see sfumato + carta, card (from Latin charta, paper made of papyrus; see card1).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
skat [skæt]

  1. n.
    beer. : You got any pretzels to go with the skat?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

skat 
"card game," 1864, from Ger. skat, from It. scarto "rejection of a card," cognate with Fr. écarté "card."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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skat

cardcard game for three players, but usually four participate, with each player sitting out a turn as dealer. It is Germany's national card game. It originated in Altenburg, near Leipzig, about 1817 and is played wherever Germans have settled; the International Skat Players Association (ISPA) has affiliates in more than a dozen countries. North American skat, centred on Milwaukee, Wis., and Texas skat, centred on Austin, Texas, differ somewhat from the German and international game described below. The current rules, followed by both the ISPA and the German Skat Federation, date from Jan. 1, 1999.

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