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[ noun ]
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
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Monte \Mon"te\ (m[o^]n"t[asl]), n. [Sp., lit., mountain, hence,
the stock of cards remaining after laying out a certain
number, fr. L. mons, montis, mountain.]
A favorite gambling game among Spaniards, played with dice or
cards.

{three-card monte} a gambling game using playing cards, in
which a dealer shows a bettor three cards face up and
specifies one to be identified, and after the cards are
turned face down and moved around quickly, the bettor must
identify which of the three cards is the specified card.
It is sometimes engaged in by dealers on the streets of a
city, with bets made by passers-by.
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Monte \Mon"te\, n.
In Spanish America, a wood; forest; timber land; esp., in
parts of South America, a comparatively wooden region.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]