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单词 to call the last turn
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to call the last turn
(a) Faro. To guess the order of the last three cards in the pack. Also to call the last turn. Cf. sense 17d(a).
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1864 W. B. Dick Amer. Hoyle 204Calling the last turn’, that is..guessing the order in which the cards will appear.
1874 C. Sutton N.Y. Tombs xxxix. 543 The world seems to..regard her as a sort of American Becky Sharp, who, in the faro game of the grand passion, knew how to ‘call the turn’ properly.
1889 Cent. Dict. at Faro The showing of two cards constitutes a ‘turn’. After each turn new bets are made for another, down to the last three cards of the pack; the only betting allowed after this is on ‘calling the turn’, or guessing which will show first.
1999 M. Braun Gentleman Rogue iii. 26 Lowe called the turn. By ten o'clock, Lady Luck deserted Courtright at the faro table.
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