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THREE-CARD MONTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does three-card monte mean?
• THREE-CARD MONTE (noun)
The noun THREE-CARD MONTE has 1 sense:
1. a gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time
Familiarity information: THREE-CARD MONTE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
four-card monte; monte; three-card monte
Hypernyms ("three-card monte" is a kind of...):
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