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fantan
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fantan has 2 senses
- fantan(n = noun.act) fan tan - a Chinese gambling game; a random number of counters are placed under a bowl and you gamble on how many will be left (0, 1, 2, or 3 modulo 4); Array is a kind of gambling game, game of chance
- fantan(n = noun.act) parliament, sevens - a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards; Array is a kind of card game, cards
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