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paroli, n.|ˈpɑːrəliː|
[a. f. paroli (Oudinot 1653), a. It. paroli ‘a grand part, set, or cast, at dice’: cf. parolare ‘to set or play at a grand part at dice’ (Florio 1611); ? deriv. of paro pair, couple.]
In faro and similar card games, the leaving of the money staked and the money won as a further stake; the staking of double the sum before staked. Cf. parlay v.
1701Farquhar Sir H. Wildair ii. i, I can dance a minuet,..play at picquet; or make a paroli, with any Wildair in Christendom. Ibid. ii. ii, The capot at picquet, the paroli at basset. 1709Cotton Compl. Gamester (ed. 3) 179 The Paroli is..having won the Couch or first Stake, and having a mind to go on to get a Sept-et-le-va, you crook the Corner of your Card, letting your Mony lie without being paid the vallue of it by the Talliere. 1762H. Walpole Lett., to Montagu clxxx, My friendship goes to sleep like a paroli at Pharoah, and does not wake again till their deal is over. 1794Sporting Mag. IV. 43 That no parolis stand which are lost, and should retire. 1835Hoyle's Games 46 At Rouge et Noir..Paroli. Double the sum staked the first time. 1844Thackeray B. Lyndon ix. (1886) 127 When I turned up the ace of hearts and made Paroli.
Hence ˈparoli v., to stake one's money over again, plus that gained by it.
1835Hoyle's Games 61 When a punter gains, he may either take his money or paroli..should he again prove successful, he can paroli for quinze and le va. |