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canasta

[kuh-nas-tuh] / kəˈnæs tə /


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At Camp Lokanda in New York’s Catskill Mountains, professional canasta instructor Lisa Youngelson, also the camp’s activities director, taught the card game to the female counselors in training, a group of rising high-school seniors.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

Four patrol cars are stationed near the intersection of Whittier Boulevard and South Boyle Avenue in Boyle Heights — near the site where a street vendor plies tacos de canasta.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2022

Once, Messersmith and his roommate, catcher John Olerud, rallied to beat teammates Jim Coates and Marty Pattin in a tense game of canasta.

From Seattle Times Feb. 20, 2022

In an independent living center, she has found friends with whom to share meals, movies and canasta games.

From New York Times Dec. 30, 2016

Mami and Mrs. Washburn and Mrs. Mancini—in fact, the whole canasta group—are not about to let their kids grow up dumb brutos just because of a dictatorship.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez




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