monte

mon·te  (mnt)

n.

A card game in which two cards are chosen from four laid out face-up and a player bets that one of the two will be matched in suit by the dealer before the other one.

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[Spanish, mountain, pile, monte, from Italian, from Latin mns, mont-, mountain; see men-² in Indo-European roots.]

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monte [ˈmɒntɪ]

n

1. (Group Games / Card Games) a gambling card game of Spanish origin

2. Austral informal a certainty

[from Spanish: mountain, hence pile of cards]

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Monte, Monty the pile of cards left after each player has taken his share.

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Noun

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monte - 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 four-card monte, three-card monte card game, cards - a game played with playing cards