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French card game with betting
Answer for the clue "French card game with betting ", 6 letters:
ecarte
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
card game for two played with 32 cards, 1824, from French écarté , literally "discarded," past participle of écarter "to discard," from e- (see ex- ) + carte (see card (n.)). So called because the players may discard cards in his hand after the deal and ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A card game for two persons, with 32 cards, ranking K, Q, J, A, 10, 9, 8, 7. Five cards are dealt each player, and the 11th turned as trump. Five points constitute a game.
Usage examples of ecarte.
Suddenly the General, who was still going on with his eternal game at ecarte with the prefect, turned round.
On the day after my adventure in the summer-house, he came in as I was playing a hand of ecarte with Fritz von Tarlenheim.