four-card monte

Definitions of four-card monte
  1. noun
    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: monte, three-card monte
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    type of:
    card game, cards
    a game played with playing cards
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