Luckily, vingt-et-un calls for little concentration. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman]
He is dealer, and turns up a "vingt-et-un" almost every time. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
In the salon, the women were playing at vingt-et-un, kept by Nathan, the celebrated author. From Wordnik.com. [A Start in Life] Reference
Or leaning over the green baize card table, watching while she and Isolde played vingt-et-un. From Wordnik.com. [Sepulchre]
There was quite a crowd round the table in the salon, where Bentinck was presiding over vingt-et-un, amid great merriment. From Wordnik.com. [Flash For Freedom]
The game was vingt-et-un, and it happened that at that game I had a small joke concerning the Queen of Diamonds, which I maintained was my lucky card. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman]
Bryant snapped up Mrs Locke's second card and showed it to her with a grin; D'Israeli displayed vingt-et-un by laying his second card, a queen, face up across the first one. From Wordnik.com. [Flash For Freedom]
Très joli mais vingt-et-un bucks … courtesy of Google Translate. From Wordnik.com. [BC Bloggers] Reference
Late that night he received a tip from a dealer at one of vingt-et-un tables. From Wordnik.com. [Dangerous Days] Reference
Bonaparte did not like cards; when he did happen to play it was always vingt-et-un. From Wordnik.com. [The Companions of Jehu] Reference
They had also come to invite her to play vingt-et-un one evening at Mrs. Merriman's. From Wordnik.com. [The Awakening and Selected Short Stories] Reference
To this dance, or rather to these postures of a bayadère, succeeded the excitement of vingt-et-un, followed by well-earned repose. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century] Reference
He disliked card games of any sort — even the humble vingt-et-un — and in the supreme refinement of whist he was hopelessly at a loss. From Wordnik.com. [Flying Colours]
His pleasant manner and agreeable society at vingt-et-un procured us another invitation for the following night but one, and of course we accepted it. From Wordnik.com. [The Reminiscences Of Sir Henry Hawkins]
After the music, cards were introduced, and they commenced playing vingt-et-un, Crook being the special favourite with everybody, especially with the ladies. From Wordnik.com. [The Reminiscences Of Sir Henry Hawkins]
Mind you, they don't go in for baccarat, much ... vingt-et-un, mostly, and poker - ". From Wordnik.com. [Watershed] Reference
We’ll drain a couple of pints, gamble at vingt-et-un with the lads here, and tumble a taproom maid or two. From Wordnik.com. [A Hellion in Her Bed] Reference
Out of nowhere, suddenly, as he strode past the last of the vingt-et-un tables, the man’s eyes flicked to hers. From Wordnik.com. [Purchased For Revenge]
Because I played vingt-et-un and was satisfied with twenty. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Regime, Volume 1] Reference
"gathered around the tables absorbed in piquet, écarté, or vingt-et-un. From Wordnik.com. [Fifth Avenue] Reference
21 vingt-et-un. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
B-zique, vingt-et-un, whatever you wish. '. From Wordnik.com. [Sepulchre]
Alas, I thought, twenty-one and vingt-et-un!. From Wordnik.com. [The Reminiscences Of Sir Henry Hawkins]
People driven mad by vingt-et-un or poker-dice?. From Wordnik.com. [That Sweet Little Old Lady] Reference
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