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▪ I. † maˈcao Obs.
Also makao.
[f. the name of Macao, a Portuguese settlement on the coast of China, noted for gambling. In Fr. macao. Cf. macco.]
A gambling game at cards, ‘a kind of vingt-et-un’ (Littré).
1778Earl Malmesbury Diaries & Corr. I. 179 Macao, (a game much in vogue here at present). 1783H. Walpole Lett. (1858) VIII. 388 When she wants to play at macao. 1794C. Pigott Female Jockey Club 109 We have beheld her ready to burst with rage, when the consequences have been against her at Macao. 1827Sporting Mag. XX. 58 A diplomatic character and member of a fashionable Club at Brussels, has been accused of cheating at Macao. 1883Times 11 July 7 He consorted much with..needy players at..roulette, makao, and similar games of hazard.
▪ II. macao
obs. form of macaw. |