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Cagnotte is a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Usage examples of "cagnotte".
The odds at baccarat are the best after trente‑et‑quarante — evens except for the tiny cagnotte — but I might get a bad run against me and get cleaned out.
From each bet the Casino takes a tiny percentage, the cagnotte, but it is usual at a big game for the banker to subscribe this himself either in a prearranged lump or by contributions at the end of each hand, so that the amount of the bank's stake can always be a round figure.
The odds at baccarat are the best after trente-et-quarante - evens except for the tiny cagnotte - but I might get a bad run against me and get cleaned out.
It was a bank of eight hundred dollars---the round sum being due to Largo making up the cagnotte after each play.
It was a bank of eight hundred dollars–the round sum being due to Largo making up the cagnotte after each play.
James Bond confidently bancoed the Lille tycoon on his left, won, made up the cagnotte with a few small counters, and doubled the stake to two thousand New Francs - two hundred thousand of the old.