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Noun: three-card monte
  1. A gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 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
    "three-card monte is still played in some parts of Latin America";
    - monte

Derived forms: three-card montes

Type of: card game, cards

Encyclopedia: Three-card monte