Definition of "vingt-et-un" []

• Games See blackjack. (noun)

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• "If dating was vingt-et-un, I'd always, invariably, get a crap hand like thirteen or fourteen, go for another card and get a king..."
• "The Moslems do indulge in opium and the Alfurus in sagwire*, but gambling is restricted to the Rajah and the headmen—strangely enough, their favorite game is vingt-et-un. my bold emphasis"
• "Il y avait vingt-et-un ans que j'étais en purgatoire, oublié de ma parenté et de mes amis..."