Having ruined himself at fantan he dared not return to Hongkong.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life and sport in China Second Edition] Reference

She enjoyed blackjack and fantan, but gin was mother's milk to her.    From Wordnik.com.  [WASN'T THE GRASS GREENER A Curmudgeon's Fond Memories]

When we got there, I played fantan in the Lisboa and he crossed over into Zhongshan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Neuromancer]

Here is also a wide-open gambling establishment where hundreds of Chinese may be seen playing "fantan.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Wanderings in the Orient] Reference

All fantan shops, as they are called, contain but one gambling-table each, which is on the ground floor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life and sport in China Second Edition] Reference

They were like the professional gamblers, the unsavory flotsam always crowded into the fantan parlors of Saigon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Black Friday]

This standing temptation of the fantan shops is a fertile source of crime, especially amongst domestic servants, for apart from the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life and sport in China Second Edition] Reference

To make the fantan just roll out a generous chunk of dough a loaf's worth into a rectangle approximately 1/8 thickness on a floured surface.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-11-01] Reference

These fantan shops, of which there may be twenty or thirty, are all licensed and kept under strict supervision, being farmed out to rich syndicates by the Portuguese authorities, the large sums thus realised forming no inconsiderable part of the colony's revenue.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life and sport in China Second Edition] Reference

May she get paid in funny money and lose it all at fantan, say I.    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 4] Reference

Men moved in and around them unconcernedly, and at the entrance and within the enclosure there was a temporary fantan gambling shop, composed of bamboo poles and mats, in full operation, surrounded by crowds of people.    From Wordnik.com.  [Round the World] Reference

I burnt the first batch of fantan rolls.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-11-01] Reference

He has never been taken at fantan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Soccer Blogs - latest posts] Reference

I gamble fantan.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Confessions of a Beachcomber] Reference