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FANTAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards
Synonyms:
fantan; parliament; sevens
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("fantan" is a kind of...):
card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A Chinese gambling game; a random number of counters are placed under a bowl and you gamble on how many will be left (0, 1, 2, or 3 modulo 4)
Synonyms:
fan tan; fantan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("fantan" is a kind of...):
gambling game; game of chance (a game that involves gambling)
