cinque
Example Sentences
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When they were conjured up, otherwise coupled, they were called either sice cinque, sice quatre, sice trey, sice deuce, and sice ace; or cinque quatre, cinque trey, and so forth.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
For a gammon, play the ace from the six to the cinque point in your own table.
From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis
For a gammon, play two men only, from the point last mentioned to the cinque point in your own table.
From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis
“Not always,” said Jenny; “not in Italy in the cinque cento, nor in England under Elizabeth.”
From The Three Brides by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
Now there is neither gambling nor hanging; but all day long loafers sit on the steps of the columns and discuss pronto and subito and cinque and all the other topics of Venetian conversation.
From A Wanderer in Venice by Morley, Harry
