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Meaning of "three-card monte" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THREE-CARD MONTE

three-card monte  [ˈθriːˌkɑːd ˈmɒntɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THREE-CARD MONTE

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exclamation
Three-Card monte is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES THREE-CARD MONTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

three-card monte

Three-card Monte

Three-card Monte — also known as Find the Lady or the Three-card Trick — is a confidence game in which the victim, or mark, is tricked into betting a sum of money, on the assumption that they can find the money card among three face-down playing cards. It is the same as the shell game except that cards are used instead of shells. In its full form, Three-card Monte is an example of a classic "short con" in which a shill pretends to conspire with the mark to cheat the dealer, while in fact conspiring with the dealer to cheat the mark. This confidence trick was already in use by the turn of the 15th century.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THREE-CARD MONTE


Alicante
ˌælɪˈkæntɪ
ante
ˈæntɪ
anti
ˈæntɪ
Aunty
ˈɑːntɪ
avanti
æˈvæntɪ
bounty
ˈbaʊntɪ
county
ˈkaʊntɪ
Dante
ˈdæntɪ
Durante
dəˈræntɪ
infante
ɪnˈfæntɪ
jonty
ˈdʒɒntɪ
monte
ˈmɒntɪ
monty
ˈmɒntɪ
panty
ˈpæntɪ
plenty
ˈplɛntɪ
twenty
ˈtwɛntɪ
uncertainty
ʌnˈsɜːtəntɪ
volante
vɒˈlæntɪ
wanty
ˈwɒntɪ
warranty
ˈwɒrəntɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THREE-CARD MONTE

three-act play
three-card trick
three-colour
three-cornered
three-cornered hat
three-D
three-day event
three-day eventer
three-day eventing
three-day measles
three-decker
three-dimensional
three-door
three-four
three-four time
three-fourths
three-gaited
three-legged
three-legged race
three-line

WORDS THAT END LIKE THREE-CARD MONTE

andante
Belo Horizonte
Charente
confronte
conte
courante
Da Ponte
debutante
enceinte
entente
lentamente
pesante
picante
Piemonte
pointe
rente
sente
suivante
Vicente
vigilante

Synonyms and antonyms of three-card monte in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «three-card monte» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THREE-CARD MONTE

Find out the translation of three-card monte to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of three-card monte from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «three-card monte» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

三蒙地卡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tres cartas de monte
570 millions of speakers

English

three-card monte
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तीन कार्ड मोंटे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ثلاث بطاقات مونتي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

трехкарточный Монте
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

três cartas monte
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তিনটি কার্ড মনি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bonneteau
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tiga kad monte
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Drei-Karten- Monte
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

3カードモンテ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

세 카드 몬테
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tiga kartu monte
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

monte ba thẻ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மூன்று அட்டை மான்டே
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तीन-कार्ड मठ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Üç kartlı monte
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tre carte
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

trzy karty monte
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

трьохкартковий Монте
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

trei cărți monte
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τρεις - κάρτα monte
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

drie -kaart monte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tre - kort monte
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tre-kort monte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of three-card monte

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THREE-CARD MONTE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THREE-CARD MONTE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about three-card monte

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Famous quotes and sentences with the word three-card monte.
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Benjamin Walker
Maybe I'm naive, but I subscribe to the idea that nobody is actually making strategic decisions about their career. Trying to do that would be like playing three-card monte on Canal Street.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THREE-CARD MONTE»

Discover the use of three-card monte in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to three-card monte and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Best of "The Public Square".: Book two
... Matter, and the other Science. The dealer shuffles them quickly and places them face down. Now, which is Spirit, which Matter, and which Science? It's illegal, 202 The Best of "The Public Square " Science, Matter, Spirit, and Three- Card Monte.
Richard John Neuhaus, 2001
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Two Sciences of Mind: Readings in cognitive science and ...
Quite recently, Robert Matthews has offered an entertaining, if misguided, analysis in this vein: New York street hustlers play a shell game called 'three-card monte.' The dealer shows the victim three cards and asks him to keep an eye on one ...
Seán Ó Nualláin, Paul Mc Kevitt, Eoghan Mac Aogáin, 1997
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A Dirty, Wicked Town: Tales of 19th Century Omaha
The game of three-card monte, for the information of those who do not know much about it, is, as its name indicates, played with three cards. One man throws them, one after the other, in rapid succession, and at the conclusion of the operation, ...
David L. Bristow, 2000
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Magical Mathematics: The Mathematical Ideas that Animate ...
Perhaps his most well-known trick is called Mathematical Three-Card Monte. First published in 1951, and widely varied and performed since, the trick fools you even after you know how it is done. It uses the fingers as a true digital computer ...
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham, 2011
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Where the Ball Drops: Days and Nights in Times Square
This real environment included arcades where drug dealers sold dope, where acquaintances worked as male prostitutes, and, as he got older, where he had opportunities to work with three-card monte scam artists. "You know, when you're an ...
Daniel Makagon, 2004
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The Expert at the Card Table: The Classic Treatise on Card ...
Considered by many magicians and card sharps to be the one essential guidebook to attaining the highest level of card mastery.
S. W. Erdnase, 2012
7
Picture Yourself as a Magician: Step-by-Step Instruction for ...
The “Three Card Monte” is a well known street swindle that uses three cards. It takes lots of skill and experience to throw the real Monte, but we'll teach a simple effect that is similar in spirit. 1v—r , _ . < v I t .' t ' NVMIVJ. NI v.16!“ ' i 01' ...
Wayne N. Kawamoto, 2008
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Frontier Gambling
Braced – Crooked gambling game or gambling hall, usually referring to faro. Break off (faro) – A card that fails to win after winning two or more times. Broad ( three-card monte) – A playing card. Broad pitcher (three-card monte) – A dealer who ...
G. R. Williamson, 2012
9
Three-Card Monte
This new novel by Marco Malvaldi marks the return of the investigative quartet nicknamed the "senile squad.
Marco Malvaldi, 2014
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New Self-Working Card Tricks
Remark that this is a different version of three-card monte called, for some reason , four-card monte. As you speak, pick up the top card of the heap placed aside. This card is an ace. Turn it face-up. Drop it onto one of the cards in the row. It does ...
Karl Fulves, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THREE-CARD MONTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term three-card monte is used in the context of the following news items.
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Three-card Monte: How you could be conned out of money in this …
The Three-card Monte (or Find The Lady or Three-card Trick) is a classic street game used by con artists to lighten the wallets of any would-be gamblers. «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
2
The three-card Monte accounting of Fannie, Freddie conservatorship
A forensic look at the complex legerdemain that was federal government putting the GSEs in conservatorship reveals some head-scratching accounting and ... «HousingWire, Jun 15»
3
OP-ED: Three-card Monte Foster City style
Foster City is faced with a challenge. We must develop a feasible and achievable action plan to address internal housing inventory. However, before we do so, ... «San Mateo Daily Journal, Feb 15»
4
Blogger Charles Pierce: Paul Ryan's Social Security Plan 'Use[s …
... determined that, henceforth, a three-card monte technique called "dynamic scoring" would be employed by the CBO to judge the effect of what Ryan insists on ... «NewsBusters, Jan 15»
5
Sleight of Hand and Three-Card Monte with Ricky Jay
At a performance in London, Ricky Jay demonstrates three-card monte in his one-man show, "Ricky Jay and his 52 Assistants," which premiered Off-Broadway ... «PBS, Jan 15»
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Three-Card-Monte Menace Back in NYC
A stark reminder of New York City's bad old days appeared on the streets of Manhattan Thursday [December 25], as three-card monte dealers turned out in force ... «National Review Online, Dec 14»
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Three-card monte scam artists return to midtown
A stark reminder of New York City's bad old days appeared on the streets of Manhattan Thursday , as three-card monte dealers turned out in force on Fifth ... «New York Post, Dec 14»
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Obama, Congress and their Three-card Monte against trade
Some stories that you hear and read are not based in reality. On the streets of New York City, we call it the Three-card Monte. It looks like it's a card game you ... «The Hill, Sep 14»
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We're all saps in the stock market's shell game
In Three-Card Monte, it seems so easy to find the “money card. ... And just like in Three-Card Monte, investors are looking in the wrong places for information. «MarketWatch, Jun 14»
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DT Exclusive: Arjen Robben challenges Man United to a game of …
The following is a transcript of Arjen Robben challenging Man United to a game of Three-card Monte after the match. Robben: Nemanja! Nemanja! Care to try ... «Yahoo Sports, Apr 14»

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