单词 | monte bank |
释义 | > as lemmasmonte bank monte bank n. a table or a place where monte is played; (also) the game of monte; the money held by the banker in a game of monte. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > games of chance played with cards > [noun] > monte > table monte bank1834 1834 A. Pike Prose Sketches & Poems 138 I saw the men and women dancing waltzes..and in another room, I saw the monti-bank open. a1861 T. Winthrop Life in Open Air (1863) 128 A background of mustangs, monte-banks, and lynch-law. 1939 T. King 21 Games to play for Money 27 To take its [sc. Faro's] place, Monte Bank has come into being. 1995 Santa Fe New Mexican (Nexis) 15 Jan. b1 She left the table with $700–enough to open a monte bank of her own. < as lemmas |
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