three-card monte
[ three-kahrd ]
/ ˈθriˌkɑrd /
noun Cards.
a gambling game in which the players are shown three cards and bet that they can identify one particular card of the three, as stipulated by the dealer, after the cards have been moved around face down by the dealer.
a form of three-card stud poker.
Origin of three-card monte
An Americanism dating back to 1850–55
Words nearby three-card monte
three-bagger,
three-ball match,
three-base hit,
three-birds,
three-body problem,
three-card monte,
three-card trick,
three-color,
three-colour,
three-cornered,
three-d
Example sentences from the Web for three-card monte
It was the three-card-monte man, who used to deny pointblank that he could play the scale.
The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 |VariousBut the hotel-keepers and three-card-monte men are not waiting for that discovery to grow rich.
Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land, Complete |Charles M. Skinner