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Cassino

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Cas·si·no  (k-sn, käs-)
A town of central Italy in the Apennines northwest of Naples. In World War II the town and nearby Benedictine monastery of Monte Cassino were reduced to rubble during fierce German-Allied fighting (February-May 1944). Population: 32,600.
cas·si·no  (k-sn)
n.
Variant of casino.
cassino, casino [kəˈsiːnəʊ]
n
(Group Games / Card Games) a card game for two to four players in which players pair cards from their hands with others exposed on the table
Cassino (Italian) [kasˈsiːno]
n
(Placename) a town in central Italy, in Latium at the foot of Monte Cassino: an ancient Volscian (and later Roman) town and citadel. Pop.: 34 590 (1990) Latin name Casinum
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Noun1.cassino - a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand
casino
card game, cards - a game played with playing cards
royal casino - a form of casino in which face cards have extra point values
spade casino - a form of casino in which spades have the value of one point


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After some time spent in saying little or doing less, Lady Middleton sat down to Cassino, and as Marianne was not in spirits for moving about, she and Elinor luckily succeeding to chairs, placed themselves at no great distance from the table.
Sense and Sensibility by Austen, Jane View in context
Collins sat down to quadrille; and as Miss de Bourgh chose to play at cassino, the two girls had the honour of assisting Mrs.
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