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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fan-tan \Fan"-tan`\, n. [Chinese (of Canton) in an-tan-kun gambling house.] 1. A Chinese gambling game in which coins or other small objects are placed upon a table, usually under a cap, and the players bet as to what remainder will be left when the sum of the counters is divided by four 2. A game with playing cards in which the cards are played in sequences upon the table, the one who first gets rid of his cards being the winner. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fantan n 1: a Chinese gambling game; a random number of counters are placed under a bowl and you gamble on how many will be left (0 or 1 or 2 or 3) modulo 4 2: a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as their sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards [syn: {sevens}, {parliament}]
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