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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Canfield

type of solitaire, 1912, from U.S. gambler J.A. Canfield (1855-1914).

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canfield

n. a form of solitaire that involves gambling

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Canfield, OH -- U.S. city in Ohio
Population (2000): 7374
Housing Units (2000): 3043
Land area (2000): 4.643251 sq. miles (12.025964 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.643251 sq. miles (12.025964 sq. km)
FIPS code: 11360
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 41.029762 N, 80.765556 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 44406
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Canfield

Canfield may refer to:

Canfield (solitaire)

Canfield is a solitaire (patience) card game with a very low probability of winning. According to legend, it is originally a casino game, named after the casino owner who is said to have invented it. In England, it is known as Demon.

Canfield (surname)

Canfield is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Benet Canfield (1562–1611), English mystic
  • Brady Canfield (born 1963), American skeleton racer
  • Cass Canfield (1897–1986), American publishing executive
  • Charles A. Canfield (1848–1913), American oilman and real estate developer
  • Chuck Canfield (born 1932), American businessman and former mayor of Rochester, Minnesota
  • Clarke Canfield, American journalist
  • Dave Canfield, Canadian politician
  • Dennis Canfield (born 1980), American ice hockey coach
  • Donald Canfield (born 1958), geologist
  • Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1879–1958), American educational reformer
  • Glenn Canfield, Jr. (1935–2006), American metallurgist and businessman
  • Gordon Canfield (1898–1972), American lawyer and politician
  • Harry C. Canfield (1875–1945), US Representative from Indiana
  • Jack Canfield (born 1944), American motivational speaker
  • James Hulme Canfield (1847–1909), 4th. President of Ohio State University
  • Jean Canfield (born 1918), former Canadian politician
  • Mary Grace Canfield (1924-2014), American actress
  • Matthew Canfield (1604 – 1673), founding settler of Norwalk, Connecticut and Newark, New Jersey
  • Richard Albert Canfield (1855–1914), American businessman, art dealer and gambler
  • Sean Canfield, American footballer
  • Trevor Canfield (born 1986), American footballer
  • William Canfield, American medical researcher

Usage examples of "canfield".

Major Matthew Canfield who is, or was, an efficient minor officer in Army Intelligence stationed in Washington.

Major Canfield would rather face spending the rest of his life in a military prison than alter his position.

Matthew Canfield leaned forward, taking the briefcase off his lap and placing it at his feet.

The briefcase came loose, and Canfield removed his hat, overcoat, and uniform jacket, throwing them on an easy chair.

That would show that he, Canfield, could close a problem quickly, with no loose ends left dangling.

Matthew Canfield, who seemed to gravitate to the nether world of the payoff, the bribe, the corrupt.

He stood by Matthew Canfield, looking out the glass partition at the gangster army below.

The third man, whose thin body and narrow face seemed lost in his loose-fitting uniform, took Canfield by the elbow and walked him to a corner.

Italian brushed Canfield aside as the goons brought the captain up to him.

The effect was comic, and Canfield found himself nearly smiling except that the face in the automobile window was now in his direct line of sight.

Although the face was somewhat obscured by the wide brim of a hat, Canfield noticed that the features were sharp, aquiline, clean-cut.

The fastest way to solve the mystery behind the Scarlattis was for Matthew Canfield to be a pawn.

Scarlett home on Fifty-fourth Street was about what Canfield had imagined it would be.

The doors on the right were open and Canfield could see the furniture of a formal dining room.

However, here he was among soldiers, and it annoyed Canfield to see that he was nearly a half a head taller than the largest soldier near him.