FAN-TAN

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A Chinese gambling game in which coins or other small objects are placed upon a table, usually under a cup, and the players bet as to what remainder will be left when the sum of the counters is divided by four.

2.
n.

A game with playing cards in which the cards are played in sequences upon the table, the one who first gets rid of his cards being the winner.


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