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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The card game pontoon. uncountable
2. 2
   a gambling game using cards; the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the banker up to but not exceeding 21 wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

blackjackbridgegamepontoontwenty-one

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French vingt-et-un (“twenty-one”).

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