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▪ I. ‖ tripot|tripo|
[Fr.]
A gaming-house, a gambling-den.
1864W. H. Ainsworth John Law I. ii. v. 290 The person before us..is a suspected sharper, and a constant frequenter of tripots. 1883‘Ouida’ Wanda I. vii. 264 A winner at a tripot, what a hero for you, mother mine. 1909R. Nevill Light come, Light Go viii. 236 The gaming-resorts of old Paris were filled with people whose reputations for probity were generally a good deal more than doubtful. In one of the best of these tripots a gentleman..delayed the game by insisting on searching for a few pieces of gold which he had dropped on the floor. 1930A. Bennett Imperial Palace xlv. 319 The loss of sixty pounds odd..in a Paris tripot.
▪ II. tripot
erron. spelling of try-pot. |