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cinque

[ singk ]

noun

  1. the five at dice, cards, etc.


cinque

/ ɪŋ /

noun

  1. the number five in cards, dice, etc
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cinque1

1350–1400; Middle English cink < Old French cinq < Vulgar Latin *cinque, for Latin īԱܱ five
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cinque1

C14: from Old French cinq five
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Trois Deuce.—The approved play is to carry two men from the five in your adversary's outer table to the quatre and cinque points in your own outer table.

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I have been calculating"—Mr. Buzzacott turned his pale green eyes towards his guest—"that I may be able to afford that pretty little cinque cassone, after all.

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We find it in full energy, possessing the public theatres and claiming the attention of all classes, at the close of the cinque cento.

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His diction, in like manner, judged by the standard of the cinque cento, is far from choice—loaded with Lombardisms, gaining energy and vividness at the expense of refinement and precision.

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Here we are in the tenth century, and this group is cinque cento.

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