Synonyms:
faro
Meaning: a card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box
Usage examples
The count made a faro bank in the course of the evening, I punted with his wife as a partner, and won some fifty ducats.
I called again in the evening, and, after she had excused herself for not having been at home in the morning, the faro bank began, and I lost all my money, still having the countess for my partner.