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monte

1

[ mon-tee ]

noun

Cards.
  1. Also called monte 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

  1. a male given name.

monte

/ ˈɒԳɪ /

noun

  1. a gambling card game of Spanish origin
  2. informal.
    a certainty
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of monte1

1815–25; < Spanish: mountain, hence, heap (of cards); mount 2
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of monte1

C19: from Spanish: mountain, hence pile of cards
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His three-card monte skills are storied in the neighborhood, but he’s determined to proceed down the straight and narrow.

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Yet racing, at times, plays its fatality numbers as if it were a game of three-card monte.

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But these dynamics are uncertain in a play that treats identity like a game of three-card monte.

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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.

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Zooming out a little, the entire right-wing media infrastructure is a game of three-card monte.

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