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crapette

crapette

9.9
A two-player card game like solitaire where each player uses a separate deck
  • noun
translation icon : crapette
  • She taught me how to play crapette using two decks of cards.

Examples

  • We spent the evening playing crapette and chatting by the fire.

  • Crapette requires both strategy and quick thinking to win.

  • It's unusual to find someone who knows how to play crapette these days.

  • Let's play crapette this evening.

  • Do you know how to play crapette?

  • My friends and I enjoy playing crapette when we have free time.

  • After dinner, we sat down for a game of crapette and laughed together.

Synonyms

Russian bank
vscrapette
9.5

A card game for two players who use different decks and try to place all their cards on piles

is a two-player solitaire form that does not state the same objective

Surface Forms

crapette singular
crapettes plural

Etymology

Crapette is a French name for a two-player form of solitaire, and the ending -ette means 'small', so the name suggests a 'little' or special card game played by two people. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a small, two-person patience game, and one popular story links the first part to the French word crapaud meaning 'toad', though that story may not be certain.