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casino|kəˈsiːnəʊ|
[a. It. casino small house, dim of casa house:—L. casa cottage.]
‖1. A pleasure-house, a summer-house (in Italy).
1831Baroness Bunsen in Hare Life I. ix. 375 An old acquaintance of many years' standing, who possesses a casino in a delightful situation out of the town. 1832G. Downes Lett. Cont. Countries I. 372 It is separated from the sea only by a casino of the king's.
2. A public room used for social meetings; a club-house; esp. a public music or dancing saloon.
1789Mrs. Piozzi Journ. France I. 160 The nightly rendezvous, the coffee-house, and casino. 1838Murray's Handbk. N. Germany 205 In all the principal German towns, Societies corresponding nearly with a London club, and known by such names as the Casino, Museum, Harmonie, or the like, are to be found. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair (L.) That kind of company..which nightly fills casinos and dancing rooms. 1870Swinburne Ess. & Stud. (1875) 94 This poor hireling of the streets and casinos.
3. A game of cards: see cassino.
4. A building for gambling, often with other amenities. (Now the usual sense.)
1851E. Ruskin Let. 15 Aug. in M. Lutyens Effie in Venice (1965) ii. 180 He lost in gambling at Chamouni to the Master of the Casino 25,000 francs. 1950Oxf. Jun. Encycl. IX. 115/1 Casinos..were originally public buildings with music and dancing rooms... Gambling games..were soon introduced, and gradually the word began to be accepted as meaning a gambling house. 1966Oxford Mail 23 Sept. 1/7 A conspiracy to defraud a Plymouth casino by using illegal dice in a game of craps, and obtaining gaming chips by false pretences. |