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Monte

Monte Meaning & Definition
Monte Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Monte?

[n] a gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of the will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time

Synonyms | Synonyms for Monte: four-card monte | three-card monte

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See Also | card game | cards

Monte In Webster's Dictionary

\Mon"te\, n. [Sp., lit., mountain, hence, the stock of cards remaining after laying out a certain number, fr. L. mons, montis, mountain.] A favorite gambling game among Spaniards, played with dice or cards.
\Mon"te\, n. In Spanish America, a wood; forest; timber land; esp., in parts of South America, a comparatively wooden region.

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