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▪ I. faro1|ˈfɛərəʊ|
Forms: 8–9 pharaoh, erron. pharoah, pharo, (8 pharaon, farro), 8– faro.
[f. Pharaoh, after F. pharaon, It. faraone.
Why the name was given is not clear; some mod. Dicts. assert that one of the cards used in the game formerly bore the picture of Pharaoh.]
1. A gambling game at cards, in which the players bet on the order in which certain cards will appear when taken singly from the top of the pack.
1739Act 12 Geo. II, c. 28 §1 Games of the Ace of Hearts, Pharaoh, Basset and Hazard. 1748H. Walpole Corr. (ed. 3) II. cxc. 233 Silver-pharaoh and whist for the ladies that did not dance. 1797Chron. in Ann. Reg. 14/2 Convicted in the penalty of {pstlg}50 each for playing at the game of Faro. 1842Barham Ingol. Leg., Black Mosquetaire, He Lost large sums at faro. 1859Thackeray Virgin. xxvii, Preferring smoke and faro to fresh air.
2. attrib. and Comb., as faro-player, faro-table, faro-winnings; faro bank, (a) a gaming-house where faro is played; (b) the banker's deposit of money against which the other players put their stakes; faro banker, the proprietor of a faro bank; faro dealer, the dealer in a game of faro.
a1735Arbuthnot Harmony in Uproar Misc. Wks. 1751 II. 34 The Tricks of a Faro-Table or a Bowling-Green. 1756M. Calderwood Jrnl. (1884) 187 Mr. Hay's profit is from the..farro bank. 1795Wolcott (P. Pindar) Hair Powder 236 Let..stately Cumberland [pinch] her faro winnings. 1796Hull Advertiser 21 May 2/4 The threatening notice taken by the Lord Chief Justice of the Ladies' Faro Tables. 1798Sporting Mag. XI. 7 The villany of a female Faro Banker. 1801M. Edgeworth Belinda iv, Mrs. Luttridge..being a great faro-player. 1856Harper's Mag. Dec. 68/2 A grim, imperturbable faro-dealer. 1877Morley Crit. Misc. Ser. ii. 52 Kill time..at lansquenet and the faro bank. 1952S. Kauffmann Philanderer (1953) iv. 64 Cameron..had once been a faro dealer in a gambling house.
▪ II. ‖ faro2|ˈfaro|
[F. faro.]
A kind of beer made chiefly at Brussels and in its neighbourhood.
1848Thackeray Van. Fair xxxi. 266 A mug of Faro at the bench of a beer-house on the road to Laeken. 1864Daily Tel. 17 Mar., You stop on the road to drink faro. 1865Ibid. 28 Nov. 7/3 Faro and brown beer flowed almost for the asking. 1960Spectator 25 Nov. 831 This Belgian beer..[is] called lambic or faro, and the books all say it's light and rather bitter. |