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barbotte

barbotte noun: a Canadian dice game akin to craps.

Noun

barbotte (uncountable)

  1. A Canadian dice game akin to craps.
    • Canadians prefer the game of barbotte...1949, Ernest Evred Blanche, You can't win: facts and fallacies about gambling
    • Barbotte is a Canadian version of Craps wherein the player wins if the two dice produce 3-3, 5-5, 6-6, or 6-5.1967, Richard A Epstein, The theory of gambling and statistical logic

Examples of barbotte in a sentence

  • For the past century or so the most popular gambling games have been the card games of poker, stook and blackjack, and the dice games of craps and barbotte.1988, James H Marsh, The Canadian encyclopedia:
  • Games in such clubs ranged from poker, through roulette to location-specific pastimes such as the Montreal dice game barbotte.2003, Suzanne Morton, At Odds: Gambling and Canadians 1919–1969, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 49:

Forms of barbotte

alternative formbarbooth
alternative formbarbouti

Origin of barbotte

From Turkish barbut.

Questions about barbotte

What does barbotte mean?
Barbotte means a Canadian dice game akin to craps.
How do you use barbotte in a sentence?
For the past century or so the most popular gambling games have been the card games of poker, stook and blackjack, and the dice games of craps and barbotte.
What part of speech is barbotte?
Barbotte is a noun.

Words near barbotte in the dictionary

  1. barbosalite
  2. barbotage
  3. barbotages
  4. barbotine
  5. barbotines
  6. barbotte
  7. Barbour
  8. Barbour County
  9. barbourin
  10. barbourofelid
  11. barbourofelids

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