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 fan-tan /ˈfænˌtæn/
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 Fan-tan n.
 1. A Chinese gambling game in which coins or other small objects are placed upon a table, usually under a cup, and the players bet as to what remainder will be left when the sum of the counters is divided by four.
 2.  A game with playing cards in which the cards are played in sequences upon the table, the one who first gets rid of his cards being the winner.
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 fantan
      n 1: a Chinese gambling game; a random number of counters are
           placed under a bowl and you gamble on how many will be
           left (0 or 1 or 2 or 3) modulo 4
      2: a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in
         sequence in the same suit as their sevens; you win if you
         are the first to use all your cards [syn: sevens, parliament]