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cinque

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cinque  (sngk, sngk)
n. Games
The number five in cards or dice.
[Middle English cink, from Old French cinc, from Latin qunque, five; see penkwe in Indo-European roots.]
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Noun1.cinquecinque - the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
5, fin, five, fivesome, Little Phoebe, pentad, Phoebe, quint, quintuplet, quintet, V
digit, figure - one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits"


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It seems that some honest mariners of Dover, or Sandwich, or some one of the Cinque Ports, had after a hard chase succeeded in killing and beaching a fine whale which they had originally descried afar off from the shore.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
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