A gambling game using cards; the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the banker up to but not exceeding 21.
1The traditional games predominated, of course, from poker to craps, roulette to vingt-et-un.
2She settled down to play vingt-et-un and he went off to the baccarat table.
3Late that night he received a tip from a dealer at one of vingt-et-un tables.
4She and Mrs. Hitchens also liked to play vingt-et-un, and Margaret soon came to understand that Mrs.
5Charlie played baccarat, while Gray watched Adam play vingt-et-un, and then all three of them played roulette.
6She called it 'vingt-et-un.'
7At any rate, the meetings seemed to have been successful, and to have ended with "a game of mild vingt-et-un."
8"It isn't exactly vingt-et-un, but I'd stand on it; if I were you I wouldn't draw to such a hand," said Jack, coolly.
Translations for vingt-et-un