Lexic.us

Definition of Fantan

1. Noun. A Chinese gambling game; a random number of counters are placed under a bowl and you gamble on how many will be left (0, 1, 2, or 3 modulo 4).

2. Noun. A card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards.

Definition of Fantan

1. n. A Chinese gambling game in which coins or other small objects are placed upon a table, usually under a cup, and the players bet as to what remainder will be left when the sum of the counters is divided by four.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fantan

fanslators fanspeak fansub fansubbed fansubber fansubbers fansubbing fansubs fantabulous fantabulously

fantad fantads fantail fantailed fantails fantan (current term) fantard fantards fantasia fantasias

fantasie fantasied fantasies fantasise fantasised fantasiser fantasisers fantasises fantasising fantasist

Literary usage of Fantan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ruling Case Law as Developed and Established by the Decisions and by William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich (1916)
"On the other hand the Chinese game of fantan is a game of pure chance, and, when played for anything of value, ..."

2. China and Her People by Charles Denby (1905)
"ing business, but now the harbour is nearly silted up, and the only thing for which Macao is notorious is that it is the headquarters of the game of fantan. ..."

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