cassino
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- noun
- /kæˈsiːnoʊ/
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cassino
- She enjoyed playing cassino with her friends every Friday night.
Examples
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During our game of cassino, I captured three cards with the same rank.
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In cassino, matching cards is essential to score points and win the game.
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Or cassino date, we open.
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Cassino.
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In other families, similar stories must have been told about the Normandy beaches, Cassino, and night flights over Ploesti.
Academic text (1990) -
Bear in mind, there are only three right now (Koop's Come to Me, Cassino's American Low, and Death Cab for Cutie's I Will Follow You Into the Dark today) out of a total of 24 songs on the playlist currently.
Blog text (11)
Synonyms
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A card game where players take face up cards from the table using cards from their hand
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cassino comes from the Italian word casa ('house') plus the small ending -ino, and it is like the English word casino, which once meant a little place to meet. So, the card game was named after the small houses or meeting places where people gathered to play.