casino
nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//kəˈsiːnəʊ//
- Canada//kæˈsinoʊ//
- Canada//kəˈsinoʊ//
- Australia//kəˈsiːnəʉ//
- Australia//kəˈsiːnɐʉ//
A public building or room for gambling.
noun
- 1
A public building or room for gambling.
He went to the casino every night till 1:00 am.
A bid by Donald Trump to build Sydney’s first casino was rejected 30 years ago after police expressed concerns about his links to the mafia.
- 2
obsoleteA small house; a pleasure house or holiday home, especially in Italy.
Quirini [was] knowing in the belles Lettres, & highly skilled in making his Casino comfortable to all the Wits & Blues as we now call them in London.
I felt it strange, and regretted it, that so amiable a man should have contracted such dissolute habits, and at this very time, instead of living respectably with his charming Countess, had Baccelli, the superannuated dancing courtesan, in a casino in the neighbourhood.
- 3
A certain Italian card game for two to four players.
- 4
Any of certain cards with special meanings in this game.
Etymology
From Italian casino, diminutive form of casa (“house”), from Latin casa (“cottage, hut”).
Forms
- plural
- casinos, casinoes, casini
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