Faro

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  • noun. A card game in which the players lay wagers on the top card of the dealer's pack.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A game played by betting on the order in which certain playing-cards (with reference simply to face-value) will appear when taken singly from the top of the pack.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A gambling game at cards, in which all the other players play against the dealer or banker, staking their money upon the order in which the cards will lie and be dealt from the pack.
  • noun. the capital which the proprietor of a faro table ventures in the game; also, the place where a game of faro is played.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A banking game at cards, in which all the other players play against the dealer or banker, who draws from a dealing box.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box
    • Word Usage
    "[6] To copper: a term in faro, meaning to play a card to lose."
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