fredonn.
Obsolete.
A particular sequence of cards: see quot. 1798.
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cater-trey?a1500
mournival1530
sequence1575
pair royal1608
septieme1651
tierce1659
pair1674
purtaunte1688
quart major1718
matrimonya1743
queen-suit1744
quart1746
prial1776
flux1798
fredon1798
tricon1798
intrigue1830
straight1841
marriage1861
under-sequence1863
straight five1864
double pair-royal?1870
run?1870
short suit1876
four1883
fourchette1885
meld1887
doubleton1906
canasta1948
1798 Sporting Mag. 12 142 The fredon which is four tens, four aces, four nines, etc.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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