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fan-tan

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fan-tan  (fntn)
n.
1. A Chinese betting game in which the players lay wagers on the number of counters that will remain when a hidden pile of them has been divided by four.
2. A card game in which sevens and their equivalent are played in sequence and the first player out of cards is the winner.
[Chinese fn tn : fn, turn, chance + tn, to spread out.]


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