monte : Idioms & Phrases
four-card monte
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noun a gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time
monte; four-card monte.
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monte bianco
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noun the highest mountain peak in the Alps; on the border between France and Italy to the south of Geneva (15,781 feet high)
Mont Blanc.
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monte carlo
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noun a town and popular resort in the principality of Monaco; famous for its gambling casino
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monte-acid
Monte`-ac"id noun
Etymology
F.Definitions
(Chem.) An acid elevator, as a tube through which acid is forced to some height in a sulphuric acid manufactory.
Webster 1913
three-card monte
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noun a gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time
monte; four-card monte.