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‖ sonica, n. and adv. rare. [F., of obscure origin.] a. n. In the game of basset, a card having an immediate effect on the game. b. adv. Promptly, at once.
1716Pope Basset-Table 51 The Knave won Sonica, which I had chose. 1748Ld. Chesterfield Lett. ii. xxx. Misc. Wks. 1777 II. 330 My prophecy, as you observe, was fulfilled sonica. |