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vingt-et-un

/vænteɪˈʌn/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about vingt-et-un at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. A gambling game using cards; the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the banker up to but not exceeding 21.

Origin

Unadapted borrowing from French vingt-et-un (“twenty-one”).

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