noun
Meaning 1
The card game pontoon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
vingt-et-un
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/vænteɪˈʌn/
noun
Meaning 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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blackjack, twenty-one
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: card game, cards
History
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French vingt-et-un (“twenty-one”).