canastan.

Brit.

/kəˈnastə/, U.S.

/kəˈnæstə/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish canasta.

Etymology: < Spanish canasta (apparently a1948 denoting both the card game and the set of seven cards of the same rank which players aim to complete), specific use of canasta basket (beginning of the 14th cent.; ultimately < ancient Greek κάναστρον : see canister n.), the game being so called on account of the basket which was originally used to hold the undealt and discarded cards.The game was probably invented in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, c1940.

1. A card game resembling rummy, using two packs and typically played by two pairs of partners, the object of the game being to collect sets of three or more cards of the same rank.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > rummy, etc.

rum1871

coon-can1889

panguingue1904

rummy1910

pan1935

gin rummy1937

Michigan rum1942

Oklahoma rummy1945

gin1946

canasta1948

Oklahoma1948

1948 Harper's Bazaar July 47 The Uruguayan rummy game, canasta,..is rapidly winning over even the most fervent Oklahoma devotees.

1949 N. Coward Diary 23 July (2000) 130 Teddie Thompson taught us canasta, a game that will probably waste many hours of my future life.

1993 Locus June 68/1 We had some fine times—parties, cons, all-night Canasta games.

2007 J. Sellers Perfect from now On i. 4 He'd tell us, usually over marathon sessions of canasta or Yahtzee, about living in New York City in the mid-1960s.

2. A set of seven cards in the game of canasta.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > combinations of cards

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

1948 Harper's Bazaar July 47 Here the Baroness counts up the canastas at the end of a hand.

1961 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 1 Jan. 3/1 I had already finished a canasta of kings.

2008 D. Wroblewski Story of Edgar Sawtelle (2009) 102 He would complete two or three canastas and go out.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	canasta
释义	canastan. Brit. /kəˈnastə/, U.S. /kəˈnæstə/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish canasta. Etymology: < Spanish canasta (apparently a1948 denoting both the card game and the set of seven cards of the same rank which players aim to complete), specific use of canasta basket (beginning of the 14th cent.; ultimately < ancient Greek κάναστρον : see canister n.), the game being so called on account of the basket which was originally used to hold the undealt and discarded cards.The game was probably invented in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, c1940. 1. A card game resembling rummy, using two packs and typically played by two pairs of partners, the object of the game being to collect sets of three or more cards of the same rank. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > rummy, etc. rum1871 coon-can1889 panguingue1904 rummy1910 pan1935 gin rummy1937 Michigan rum1942 Oklahoma rummy1945 gin1946 canasta1948 Oklahoma1948 1948 Harper's Bazaar July 47 The Uruguayan rummy game, canasta,..is rapidly winning over even the most fervent Oklahoma devotees. 1949 N. Coward Diary 23 July (2000) 130 Teddie Thompson taught us canasta, a game that will probably waste many hours of my future life. 1993 Locus June 68/1 We had some fine times—parties, cons, all-night Canasta games. 2007 J. Sellers Perfect from now On i. 4 He'd tell us, usually over marathon sessions of canasta or Yahtzee, about living in New York City in the mid-1960s. 2. A set of seven cards in the game of canasta. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > combinations of cards 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 1948 Harper's Bazaar July 47 Here the Baroness counts up the canastas at the end of a hand. 1961 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 1 Jan. 3/1 I had already finished a canasta of kings. 2008 D. Wroblewski Story of Edgar Sawtelle (2009) 102 He would complete two or three canastas and go out. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1948
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