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‖ trente
Also 7–8 trante.
[F. trente (trɑ̃t):—Com. Romanic *trinta, *trenta, for L. trīgintā thirty.]
†1. Cards. ? A combination of cards counting thirty, or the score gained by them. Obs.
1706S. Centlivre Basset-Table iv, I have lost a Trante and Leva, my ill fortune has not forsook me yet.
2. trente et quarante (‖ trɑ̃tekarɑ̃t), in 7 erron. trante a courante [F. = thirty and forty], another name for the game of rouge-et-noir (in which thirty and forty are respectively winning and losing numbers).
1671Lady M. Bertie in 12th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. v. 22 Wee play sometimes at trante a courante. 1764H. Walpole Let. to Earl Hertford 25 Nov., Hazard, Quinze, and Trente-et-Quarante. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair lxiii, A room for trente-et-quarante and roulette. 1892F. Wicks Veiled Hand xviii, He would have one look at the trente et quarante table. |
