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fantan

noun

1 fantan

A Chinese gambling game; a random number of counters are placed under a bowl and you gamble on how many will be left (0, 1, 2, or 3 modulo 4).

synonym: fan tan.

2 fantan

A card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards.

synonyms: parliament, sevens.


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