vingt-et-un

vingt-et-un

 (văN′tā-œN′)

n. Games

See blackjack.

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[French, twenty-one : vingt, twenty + et, and + un, one.]

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vingt-et-un

(vɛ̃teœ̃)

n

(Card Games) another name for pontoon²

[literally: twenty-one]

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black•jack

(ˈblækˌdʒæk)
n.

1. a short, leather-covered club, consisting of a heavy head on a flexible handle, used as a weapon.

2.

a. Also called twenty-one. a gambling game at cards, in which a player needs to get more points than the dealer to win, but not more than 21.

b. an ace together with a ten or a face card as the first two cards dealt in a hand of this game.

3. a small oak, Quercus marilandica, of the eastern U.S., having a nearly black bark.

4. a large drinking cup or jug for beer, ale, etc., orig. made of leather coated externally with tar.

5. a dark, iron-rich variety of sphalerite.

v.t.

6. to strike or beat with a blackjack.

7. to compel by threat.

[1505–15]

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vingt-et-un

A French phrase meaning twenty-one, used to mean the card game of blackjack

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Noun

1.

vingt-et-un - 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 twenty-one, blackjack card game, cards - a game played with playing cards

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