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Faro

Faro Meaning & Definition
Faro Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Faro?

[n] a card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box

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See Also | card game | cards

Faro In Webster's Dictionary

\Far"o\, n. [Said to be so called because the Egyptian king Pharaoh was formerly represented upon one of the cards.] A gambling game at cardds, in whiich all the other players play against the dealer or banker, staking their money upon the order in which the cards will lie and be dealt from the pack. {Faro bank}, the capital which the proprietor of a farotable ventures in the game; also, the place where a game of faro is played. --Hoyle.

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