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THREE-CARD MONTE
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I. (noun)
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
Synonyms:
four-card monte; monte; three-card monte
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("three-card monte" is a kind of...):
card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)