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casino

[ kuh-see-noh ]

noun

plural casinos
  1. a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
  2. (in Italy) a small country house or lodge.
  3. Also cassino. Cards. a game in which cards that are face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand.


casino

/ əˈːəʊ /

noun

  1. a public building or room in which gaming takes place, esp roulette and card games such as baccarat and chemin de fer
  2. a variant spelling of cassino
“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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Other Word Forms

  • ܲ···Դ noun plural subcasinos
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Word History and Origins

Origin of casino1

1780–90; < Italian, equivalent to cas(a) “house” + -ino diminutive suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of casino1

C18: from Italian, diminutive of casa house, from Latin
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Davis Darvish, 40, was at the Agua Caliente Casino in Cathedral City on Saturday when, police said, he told casino security that he would be responsible for bombing the popular Riverside County music festival.

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To some, the stock market seems like a casino.

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She was streetwise and brassy and physically striking, a small-time hustler and “dice girl” who lingered in casinos to induce men to drink and gamble.

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“I’ve made that casino lucky,” she says, noting that every time she’s had a gig at the hotel, she and her friends have won big when they’ve gambled afterward.

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Online slots are web versions of slot machines you see in a casino.

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