quinze

/ (French kɛ̃z) /

a card game with rules similar to those of vingt-et-un, except that the score aimed at is 15 rather than 21

Word Origin for quinze

French: fifteen

After supper the duchess arranged a game of quinze with the two Englishmen and the two Saxons.

The Memoires of Casanova, Complete |Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
The "Quinze Vingt" the government establishment for teaching the permanently blind a trade.

War Days in Brittany |Elsie Deming Jarves
Quinze francs de dedommagemens; et puis, filez aux tous les diables!

Sword and Gown |George A. Lawrence
At all events, I made a resolution to stop high play, and confine myself to whist and quinze and picquet.

Richard Carvel, Complete |Winston Churchill

She often goes to the Salut at the Quinze Vingts; and her women are ordered to say that.

The Memoirs of the Louis XIV. and The Regency, Complete |Elizabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans