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three-card monte

DEFINITIONS OF: three-card monte

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n a gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time

Synonyms:
four-card monte, monte
Type of:
card game, cards
a game played with playing cards
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