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Definition of monte in English: montenoun ˈmɒntiˈmɑn(t)i mass noun1A game, traditionally associated with confidence tricksters, in which bets are made on which is the queen among three cards lying face downwards. Also called three-card trick Example sentencesExamples - Before seeing the monte, the bidder discards up to four unwanted cards face down.
2A Spanish game of chance played with forty-five cards. Example sentencesExamples - On the sidewalk he sees a man playing three-card monte.
- This game is often called three-card monte in America, a name taken from monte, a Spanish game using 45 playing cards, which was once common in Mexico and California.
- In truth, he was a card cheat of remarkable dexterity who routinely cleaned out the sophisticates in games of three-card monte.
- Part of his plan is to develop the same skills at three-card monte that Lincoln, who has given up cards, used to have.
Origin Early 19th century: Spanish, literally ‘mountain’, also ‘heap of cards left after dealing’. Definition of monte in US English: montenounˈmän(t)ēˈmɑn(t)i 1A game traditionally associated with con men, in which the dealer shows the player three cards then moves them around face-down, the player being obliged to pick the specified card from among the three. Also called three-card trick Example sentencesExamples - Before seeing the monte, the bidder discards up to four unwanted cards face down.
2A Spanish game of chance played with forty-five cards. Example sentencesExamples - This game is often called three-card monte in America, a name taken from monte, a Spanish game using 45 playing cards, which was once common in Mexico and California.
- On the sidewalk he sees a man playing three-card monte.
- In truth, he was a card cheat of remarkable dexterity who routinely cleaned out the sophisticates in games of three-card monte.
- Part of his plan is to develop the same skills at three-card monte that Lincoln, who has given up cards, used to have.
Origin Early 19th century: Spanish, literally ‘mountain’, also ‘heap of cards left after dealing’. |