quinze

quinze noun

a card game with rules similar to those of vingt-et-un, except that the score aimed at is 15 rather than 21

Word Origin for quinze French: fifteen Examples from the Web for quinze Historical Examples of quinze

They gave me choice of whist, or picquet, or quinze, or hazard.

Winston Churchill

He decreed, that all the inhabitants of the Quinze Vingt were clothed in white.

Franois-Marie Arouet

There was not one vestment of that color in the Quinze Vingt.

Franois-Marie Arouet

They were masked to conceal their excitement, especially when playing the game of quinze.

Victor Hugo

Et si auions mare contre nous & quinze liees iusques Port Royal.

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