Usually some kind of faro -- which I love -- and vegetable salad. From Wordnik.com. [Marie Elena Martinez: Secrets from Michael Mina's Top Sommelier, Rajat Parr] Reference
A similar percentage will be against you in all games of chance -- "faro,". From Wordnik.com. [The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West] Reference
Technically, any starchy grain that holds up to constant stirring (such as faro and pearl couscous) can be prepared in this style. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Before the faro-table there was the greatest gathering. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Bill's Last Trail] Reference
I had a partner in the faro bank by the name of Pettypan. From Wordnik.com. [Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi] Reference
"Why, man, where are the red shirts and the faro joints?". From Wordnik.com. [Gold Out of Celebes] Reference
"I acquired it dealing faro," Croyden returned, innocently. From Wordnik.com. [In Her Own Right] Reference
I knew Ed by sight and I saw him standing by the faro table. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Road] Reference
He threw it open and entered the faro room with quiet assurance. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
I begged him to cash in but that's the way with all who play faro. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
The Board of Trade is just as much a gambling house as a faro bank. From Wordnik.com. [Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi] Reference
Each of us grabbed a valise except Pinch, who carried along the faro tools. From Wordnik.com. [Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi] Reference
But in these faro-banks collected the leading men, resident and alien, of the. From Wordnik.com. [Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death] Reference
He played faro, lost, got broke, and put the horse up for a tenth of its value. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Bill's Last Trail] Reference
I took in the faro banks the first night, and the next day did not have a dollar. From Wordnik.com. [Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi] Reference
The game of faro is one that makes no strenuous demands on the skill of the players. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
The faro boxes were full of springs as a watch; faro decks were carefully cut "strippers.". From Wordnik.com. [The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier] Reference
Had he never seen a faro bank he would have been an immensely wealthy man thirty years ago. From Wordnik.com. [Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi] Reference
The night previous they had spent at a well-known faro game and had lost their last dollar. From Wordnik.com. [Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude] Reference
He was dealing faro bank, and was such a square fellow that all the boys would play against him. From Wordnik.com. [Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi] Reference
Lutterell, and Mrs. Sturt were each fined £50 for playing faro at the house of the first named. From Wordnik.com. [Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886] Reference
I made inquiries for a faro bank, and at last found one; and I bolted in as if I was an old sport. From Wordnik.com. [Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi] Reference
"Now, after the faro bank closes to-night, at my house, if you bring your keno over I will help you get up a game.". From Wordnik.com. [Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi] Reference
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