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vingt-et-un
[ French van-tey-œn ]
vingt-et-un
/ vɛ̃teœ̃ /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of vingt-et-un1
1775–85; < French: literally, twenty-one
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Word History and Origins
Origin of vingt-et-un1
literally: twenty-one
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Example Sentences
He could understand them, and make them understand him, well enough to play vingt et un with them the whole forenoon.
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For example, at Vingt-et-un, you will always know whether it is advisable to draw another card or not.
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After dinner cards were brought forth and vingt et un was played.
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At any rate, the meetings seemed to have been successful, and to have ended with "a game of mild vingt-et-un."
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Bonaparte did not like cards; when he did happen to play it was always vingt-et-un.
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