Great cassino

Great cassino
Cassino Cas*si"no, n. [It. casino a small house, a gaming house. See {casino}.] A game at cards, played by two or more persons, usually for twenty-one points. [1913 Webster]

{Great cassino}, the ten of diamonds.

{Little cassino}, the two of spades. [1913 Webster]


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