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Labouchère system

Labouchère system proper noun: a particular gambling strategy used in roulette, involving working through a list of numbers that sum to a total.

Proper noun

the Labouchère system

  1. A particular gambling strategy used in roulette, involving working through a list of numbers that sum to a total.

Origin of Labouchère system

Named after Henry Labouchère (1831–1912), a keen gambler.

Questions about Labouchère system

What does Labouchère system mean?
Labouchère system means a particular gambling strategy used in roulette, involving working through a list of numbers that sum to a total.
What part of speech is Labouchère system?
Labouchère system is a proper noun.

Words near Labouchère system in the dictionary

  1. laborsome
  2. Labossiere
  3. Labossieres
  4. labotomy
  5. Labouchere
  6. Labouchère system
  7. Labouheyre
  8. laboulbeniaceous
  9. Labounty
  10. Labountys
  11. labour

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