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Answer for the clue "Old card game whose name comes from the Spanish for "man" ", 5 letters:
ombre

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Etymology 1 n. A card game, borrowed from the Spaniards, and usually played by three persons; it involves forty cards, omitting the ranks of 8, 9 and 10. Etymology 2 n. (context archaic English) A large Mediterranean food fish (taxlink Umbrina cirrosa species ...

Usage examples of ombre.

His great genius for financial combinations was at this time employed by him in gleek, trick-track, quadrille, whist, loo, ombre, and other pastimes of mingled luck and skill.

I liked the bar, Ombre Rosso, that I passed on the way home to my apartment, the same group always gathered around the same table, drinking wine and smoking and laughing.

On remue avec la poussiere de la boite a deux sous, mille ombres terribles ou charmantes.

It was there that Egalite Orleans roasted partridges on the night when he and the Marquis of Steyne won a hundred thousand from a great personage at ombre.

The rest of the day I spent with the canon, making good cheer, playing ombre, drinking hard, and talking about girls or literature.

Perle di luce si staccarono dalle dita del Jaff illuminandogli il volto, che era sparuto, e il corpo, an­cora vestito come lo era stato al Mall, ma che riempiva l'o­scurità della stanza di nuovi terata, non più le bestie com­plesse che erano state in precedenza, bensì ombre munite di barbigli.

Le folte chiome degli alberi gli impedivano di scorgere il cielo e gettavano ambigue ombre sul terreno.