Advertisement
Advertisement
monte
1[ mon-tee ]
noun
Cards.
- Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
Monte
2[ mon-tee ]
noun
- a male given name.
monte
/ ˈɒԳɪ /
noun
- a gambling card game of Spanish origin
- informal.a certainty
Discover More
yvlog History and Origins
Discover More
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of monte1
C19: from Spanish: mountain, hence pile of cards
Discover More
Example Sentences
Examples have not been reviewed.
His three-card monte skills are storied in the neighborhood, but he’s determined to proceed down the straight and narrow.
From
Yet racing, at times, plays its fatality numbers as if it were a game of three-card monte.
From
But these dynamics are uncertain in a play that treats identity like a game of three-card monte.
From
Just as any three-card monte con artist depends on a crowd salted with shills, political grifters use the diversionary tactics of red/blue divisions — our guy may be bad, but your guy is worse.
From
Zooming out a little, the entire right-wing media infrastructure is a game of three-card monte.
From
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse