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Casino   /kəsˈinoʊ/   Listen
noun
Casino  n.  (pl. E. casinos, It. casini)  
1.
A small country house.
2.
A building or room used for meetings, or public amusements, for dancing, etc., sometimes having gambling tables or devices.
3.
A game at cards. See Cassino.
4.
A business establishment for which the primary business is gambling, having various types of gambling tables, such as blackjack or roulette, and usually also slot machines, and sometimes other forms of gambling, such as poker; also, the main room of such an establishment where the gambling is conducted; as, the Trump casinos in Atlantic City.





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"Casino" Quotes from Famous Books



... Casino in the evening and saw a piece; it was boring. We had two boxes, and they kept talking to me all the time, so I really could not pay ...
— The Visits of Elizabeth • Elinor Glyn
... terrace of the casino, facing the stairs which run down to the beach. They therefore overlooked the few privately-owned cabins on the shingle, where a party of four men were playing bridge, while a group of ladies ...
— The Eight Strokes of the Clock • Maurice Leblanc
... "I'm not surprised to hear that they are still interested in finding me. But I should warn you that there is very little remaining of the three-billion, seventeen-million credits that I won from your casino." ...
— The Ethical Engineer • Henry Maxwell Dempsey
... Monsieur Tar-tarin, is nothing more than a vast Kursaal, open from June to September, a panoramic casino, where people come from all four quarters of the globe to amuse themselves, and which is manipulated and managed by a Company richissime by hundreds of thousands of millions, which has its offices in London ...
— Tartarin On The Alps • Alphonse Daudet
... Italian town that clung to the slopes that rose so steeply from the sea shone among its terraced gardens like a many-coloured jewel in the burning sunset. The dome of its Casino gleamed opalescent in its centre—a place for wonder—a place for dreams. Yet Saltash's expression as he landed on the quay was one of whimsical discontent. He had come nearly a fortnight ago to be amused, but somehow the old pleasures had lost their relish ...
— Charles Rex • Ethel M. Dell


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