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单词 macco
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maccon.

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: macao n.
Etymology: Probably a variant of macao n. N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (mæ·ko) /ˈmækəʊ/.
Obsolete.
A gambling game: = macao n.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > vingt-et-un, etc.
vingt-et-un1772
macao1778
twenty-one1790
macco1809
Van John1853
black jack1899
pontoon1917
vingty1936
1809 Ld. Byron Detached Thoughts in T. Moore Life Ld. Byron (1851) 87/1 When macco (or whatever they spell it) was introduced.
1825 Sporting Mag. 16 277 A rubber of whist, or a game of Macco.
1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians xli He dines at White's ordinary, and sits down to macco and lansquenet afterwards.

Compounds

General attributive.
macco-table n.
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1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. II. 18 His uncle was still at the Macco table.
1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians xliv I..left it at the Macco-table.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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