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Meanings of fantan in English

Portuguese
dominó de baralho

A card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards.

        dominó de baralho

        A Chinese gambling game; a random number of counters are placed under a bowl and you gamble on how many will be left (0, 1, 2, or 3 modulo 4)

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              Examples for "fan tan"
              Examples for "fan tan"
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              As Tyrone and Meath fans tanned themselves at Croke Park, the boatmen of Whiddy Island shelved their oars and squelched indoors.
              The Irish Times
              Usage of fantan in English
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              There's a new one this week, the Fantan, fifty cents each, will you have that?
              Frenzied Fiction
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              I especially liked the fantans, which, like a deck of cards, could be pulled apart in tender stages.
              The bread lover's bread machine cookbook: a master baker's 300 f...
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