casinon.
/kəˈsiːnəʊ/, U.S. /kəˈsinoʊ/ 1. A pleasure-house, a summer-house (in Italy).
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society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > [noun] > house used for recreation
pleasure house1590
casino1831
1831 Baroness Bunsen in A. J. C. Hare Life & Lett. Baroness Bunsen (1879) I. ix. 375 An old acquaintance of many years' standing, who possesses a casino in a delightful situation out of the town.
1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. 372 It is separated from the sea only by a casino of the king's.
2. A public room used for social meetings; a clubhouse; esp. a public music or dancing saloon.
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society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > [noun] > assembly rooms or halls
redoubt1702
assembly-room1744
drum-room1749
assembly house1762
pantheon1772
casino1789
pleasure dome1816
palace1831
melodeon1840
kursaal1850
winter garden1859
music hallc1883
Met1896
1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 160 The nightly rendezvous, the coffee-house, and casino.
1836 J. Murray Hand-bk. for Travellers on Continent 192 In all the principal German towns, Societies corresponding nearly with a London club, and known by such names as the Casino, Museum, Harmonic, or the like, are to be found.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair xlix. 437 That kind of company..which nightly fills casinos and dancing-rooms.
1870 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. May 570 This poor hireling of the streets and casinos.
3. A game of cards: see cassino n.
4. A building for gambling, often with other amenities. (Now the usual sense.)
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > places for gambling
dicing-house1549
carding house1550
gaming house1562
dicing-chamber1571
tabling house1576
game house?1577
macaroni1771
gambling house1772
gambling school1773
gambling club1774
spill-house1778
gambling hall?1781
gambling den1792
gambling booth1804
hell1812
gambling hell1818
Crockford1827
silver hell1835
deadfall1837
casino1851
house1855
tripot1864
skin house1871
bucket-shop1875
gambling joint1885
salle1886
tabling den1886
spoofery1895
salle de jeu1901
strong joint1914
kitchen1924
salle privée1930
spieler1931
1851 E. Ruskin Let. 15 Aug. in Effie in Venice (1965) ii. 180 He lost in gambling at Chamouni to the Master of the Casino 25,000 francs.
1950 Oxf. Junior Encycl. IX. 115/1 Casinos..were originally public buildings with music and dancing rooms... Gambling games..were soon introduced, and gradually the word began to be accepted as meaning a gambling house.
1966 Oxf. Mail 23 Sept. 1/7 A conspiracy to defraud a Plymouth casino by using illegal dice in a game of craps, and obtaining gaming chips by false pretences.
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