Three-card Monte (Noun)
Meaning
A gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The street performer was running a game of three-card monte, expertly shuffling the cards to deceive the crowd.
- In the city's underground gaming scene, three-card monte was a popular game among high-stakes players.
- The detective had been tracking the three-card monte scam artist for weeks, waiting for the perfect moment to make an arrest.
- The old man had lost his shirt playing three-card monte with the shady characters in the back alley.
- At the carnival, the barker's loud calls and flashy moves drew in unsuspecting marks to play his rigged game of three-card monte.