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n. Games

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twenty-one

(Group Games / Card Games) another name (esp US) for pontoon² [1]

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Noun	1.	twenty-one - the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty and one 21, XXI large integer - an integer equal to or greater than ten
	2.	twenty-one - a gambling game using cards; the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the banker up to but not exceeding 21 vingt-et-un, blackjack card game, cards - a game played with playing cards
Adj.	1.	twenty-one - being one more than twenty 21, xxi cardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers"

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Twenty-one rubles," he said, pointing to the figure twenty-one by which the total exceeded the round sum of forty-three thousand; and taking up a pack he prepared to deal.

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I was twenty-one years old, and in splendid physical condition.

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"So the three of us, with Zverkov for the fourth, twenty-one roubles, at the Hotel de Paris at five o'clock tomorrow," Simonov, who had been asked to make the arrangements, concluded finally.

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