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‖ cagnotte|kaɲɔt|
[F.]
Money reserved from the stakes for the bank at certain gambling games (see quots.). Also attrib.
1928Daily Express 29 Aug. 1/5 The club has adopted the equivalent of the Cagnotte system. A member winning a sum such as twenty-five pounds at a session is assessed approximately ten shillings. If he wins fifty pounds or over he pays the club one pound. 1959Times 24 Feb. 11/7 The bank's cut, or cagnotte, may be some hundreds of pounds. 1961I. Fleming Thunderball xv. 156 One table of chemin de fer, whose cagnotte yields a modest five per cent. |