Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈmɒnti/
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mɒnti
Noun
A game in which three or four cards are dealt face-up and players bet on which of them will first be matched in suit by others dealt.
Usage- Uncountable
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A starry 20th-anniversary revival of “Topdog/Underdog,” her Pulitzer Prize-winning fable about two brothers, three-card monte and one troubling inheritance, is in previews on Broadway.
A wood or forest; timberland.
Usage- Latin-America
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Noun
a gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 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
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