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FOUR-CARD MONTE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does four-card monte mean?

• FOUR-CARD MONTE (noun)
The noun FOUR-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 the will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time

Familiarity information: FOUR-CARD MONTE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FOUR-CARD MONTE (noun)

Sense 1

four-card monte ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of the 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 ("four-card monte" is a kind of...):

card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)

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