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cassino|kəˈsiːnəʊ|
Also casino.
[Another form of casino.]
A game at cards in which the ten of diamonds, called great cassino (or great cass) counts two points, and the two of spades, called little cassino (or little cass) counts one; eleven points constituting the game. Also attrib., as cassino table.
1792W. Roberts Looker-on (1794) I. 250 A large party at Faro and Cassino was made..at a great house in Piccadilly. 1800Jane Austen Lett. (1884) I. 245 A whist and a casino table. 1811― Sense & Sens. ii. i. 122 Lady Middleton proposed a rubber of Cassino to the others. 1811E. Nares Thinks I to myself (1816) II. 132 (D.) Two whist, cassino, or quadrille tables will dispose of four couple..Great cass, little cass, and the spades, Ma'am. |