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Fan-Tan

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(1):

(n.) A Chinese gambling game in which coins or other small objects are placed upon a table, usually under a cap, and the players bet as to what remainder will be left when the sum of the counters is divided by four.

(2):

(n.) A game with playing cards in which the cards are played in sequences upon the table, the one who first gets rid of his cards being the winner.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Fan-Tan'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/fan-tan.html. 1828.
 
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