rouge et noir

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

rouge et noir
    n 1: a card game in which two rows of cards are dealt and
         players can bet on the color of the cards or on which row
         will have a count nearer some number [syn: {rouge et noir},
         {trente-et-quarante}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Rouge \Rouge\, a. [F., fr. L. rubeus red, akin to rubere to be
   red, ruber red. See {Red}.]
   red. [R.]
   [1913 Webster]

   {Rouge et noir}[F., red and black], a game at cards in which
      persons play against the owner of the bank; -- so called
      because the table around which the players sit has certain
      compartments colored red and black, upon which the stakes
      are deposited. --Hoyle.
      [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Trente et quarante \Trente" et` qua`rante"\ [F., lit., thirty
   and forty.]
   Same as {Rouge et noir}, under {Rouge}.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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