Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Fan-tan

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Fan-tan


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(1):

(n.) A Chinese gambling game in which coins or other small objects are placed upon a table, usually under a cap, and the players bet as to what remainder will be left when the sum of the counters is divided by four.

(2):

(n.) A game with playing cards in which the cards are played in sequences upon the table, the one who first gets rid of his cards being the winner.