Definition of Rouge et noir

1. Noun. 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.

Exact synonyms: Trente-et-quarante
Generic synonyms: Card Game, Cards

Definition of Rouge et noir

1. Noun. A solitaire card game played with two decks of playing cards. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rouge Et Noir

rouaite
roubaultite
rouble
roubles
rouche
rouches
roucou
roucous
roue
rouen
rouens
roues
rouet
rouets
rouge
rouge et noir (current term)
rouge plant
rougeberry
rouged
rouges
rough
rough-and-ready
rough-and-tumble
rough-and-tumbled
rough-and-tumbles
rough-and-tumbling
rough-cut
rough-dry
rough-footed
rough-grained

Literary usage of Rouge et noir

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

1. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1830)
"Rouge et Noir, and Versailles. Poems by Wm. Read, Esq. One vol. 12mo. Third Edition. London : Longman and Co. 1830. WE are glad to have a proof of the ..."

2. The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science by Henri Poincaré, George Bruce Halsted (1913)
"rouge et noir.—The questions raised by games of chance, such as roulette, are, fundamentally, entirely analogous to those we have just treated. ..."

3. The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science by Henri Poincaré (1913)
"rouge et noir.—The questions raised by games of chance, such as roulette, are, fundamentally, entirely analogous to those we have just treated. ..."

4. The London Magazine by John Scott, John Taylor (1828)
"... polite literature :— C- ig to a ' rouge et noir' nell in Pall Mall, and used to afford to players, kers, croupiers, and waiters the greatest amusement, ..."

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