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faro

/fair-oh/US // ˈfɛər oʊ //UK // (ˈfɛərəʊ) //

法罗,法罗群岛,远藤,远洋

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Cards.

    • : a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.

Examples

  • In 1991, Muehl was convicted of having sex with minors, served seven years, then moved with a core of followers to Faro, Portugal.

  • There was a village green in each town, a schoolhouse, a golf course, and a club where the honchos played faro and stud.

  • Carlos Dada, editor of El Faro, believes his detractors protest too much.

  • Try a few sharing plates to start—the Cippoline onions or mint faro and squash.

  • Somewhat confused by this humiliating avowal, Madame Bodard returned to her place at a faro-table.

  • Fox and other gamesters of the wild time supplemented the faro-bank by betting at Newmarket.

  • Mrs. Berlinton's house opened, failed not to be filled; and opened for a Faro table, to be filled with a peculiar set.

  • When the South laid down the fugitive slave bill, on the national Faro-table, Mr. Webster bet his all upon that card.

  • The Faro Table was now re-opened, and again but too powerfully sharpened the faculties which mortification had blunted.