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cooncan

[ koon-kan ]

noun

Cards.
  1. a variety of rummy for two players.

cooncan

/ ˈːˌæ /

noun

  1. a card game for two players, similar to rummy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cooncan1

1885–90, Americanism; popular alteration of conquian
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cooncan1

C19: from (Mexican) Spanish con quién with whom?, apparently with reference to the forming and declaring of sequences and sets of cards
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The quartet's diminutive first tenor, Brown, has quiet tastes, plays a little cooncan and setback, mostly just "cheers himself with his family."

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