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coon-can|ˈkuːnˈkæn|
Also cooncan, kuhn-kan; conquian |ˈkɒŋkɪən|.
[ad. Sp. con quién with whom?]
A game of cards, originating in Mexico, the main object of which is to secure sequences.
Each player receives (usually) ten cards, and the aim is to form sequences of the same suit or sets of three or four cards of the same denomination. One card is placed face upwards and the rest of the cards face downwards, each player in turn taking either the exposed card or the top card of the pack, afterwards discarding any card in his hand. The player gets rid of his cards by declaring them when he has made a complete set or sets, and the winner is the one who first gets rid of all his cards.
1889Century Mag. Apr. 905/1 The men got out a pack of Mexican cards and gambled at a game called ‘Coon-can’. 1905Hoyle's Games 203 The art in Coon Can, like in Cribbage, lies in the discard and in putting the cards, whether threes, fours, or sequences, at the proper time on the table. 1907Ibid. 192 Conquian. ‘With whom?’ Or Coon Can. 1913Kipling Diversity of Creatures (1917) 282 [They] played the rag-time tunes..till there was talk of coon-can. 1913W. Dalton Coon-Can Introd. 13 We have no record as to when, or by whom, Coon-Can was first introduced into England. It made its first bow to the public at the Bath Club in Dover Street. 1925W. S. Maugham Painted Veil xviii. 60 As a rule in the evening, when they were alone, they played coon-can or patience. 1936G. Greene Journey without Maps i. iii. 42 They..played Kuhn-Kan for very small stakes. 1951― Lost Childhood 14 The mild nursery game of Kuhn Kan. 1969Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 17 Jan. 12/11 She was playing coon-can with her mother and two sons. |