- three-card
- threeˈ-card adjectivePlayed with three cards• • •Main Entry: ↑three
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Three-card Monte — Three card Monte, also known as the Three card marney, Three card trick, Three card shuffle, Triplets, Follow the lady, Find the lady, or Follow the Bee is a confidence game in which the victim, or mark, is tricked into betting a sum of money… … Wikipedia
Three card brag — is a unique British card game which is similar to poker but varies in betting style and hand rankings. Three card brag was played in the film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels directed by Guy Ritchie, where it was played without table… … Wikipedia
Three card poker — (trademarked name) or tricard poker is a poker based game that is played in casinos. It actually consists of two separate games, pairplus and ante and play . The players can choose to play either or both of the games.The History and Strategy of… … Wikipedia
three-card trick — noun A card sharp s play in which the victim is invited to bet on which of three cards, turned face down and deftly manipulated, is the queen (also called find the lady) • • • Main Entry: ↑three * * * ˌthree card ˈtrick 7 [three card trick three… … Useful english dictionary
three-card monte — /three kahrd /, Cards. 1. a gambling game in which the players are shown three cards and bet that they can identify one particular card of the three, as stipulated by the dealer, after the cards have been moved around face down by the dealer. 2.… … Universalium
three-card monte — three′ card mon′te n. gam a game in which a bettor must identify a stipulated card from among three cards after they have been moved around facedown • Etymology: 1850–55, amer … From formal English to slang
three-card monte — ☆ three card monte [thrē′kärd′ ] n. a swindling game in which a certain card, after being shown, is palmed and then ostensibly made one of three cards placed face down and shifted about, with the victim challenged to bet on its location … English World dictionary
three-card monte — noun A confidence game in which the victim, or mark, is tricked into betting a sum of money that they can find the money card, for example the queen of hearts, among three face down playing cards. Syn: three card marney, three card trick, three… … Wiktionary
three-card monte — Monte Mon te (m[o^]n t[asl]), n. [Sp., lit., mountain, hence, the stock of cards remaining after laying out a certain number, fr. L. mons, montis, mountain.] A favorite gambling game among Spaniards, played with dice or cards. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
three-card trickster — noun A con man who plays three card monte … Wiktionary
