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monte |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Monte \Mon"te\, 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Monte \Mon"te\, n. In Spanish America, a wood; forest; timber land; esp., in parts of South America, a comparatively wooden region. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: monte n : 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 [syn: {four-card monte}, {three-card monte}]
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