a gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time
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three-card monte::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | four-card monte, monte |
| Type of | card game, cards |
Examples of three-card monte
three-card monte
Angela has a cute son, but the kid runs a three-card monte game in the backyard.
From the time.com
Judges here show waning patience for the three-card monte act of some banks.
From the nytimes.com
Instead, it creates a kind of international trade three-card monte game.
From the businessweek.com
Think of that as three-card monte for folks who want to keep spending money, and lots of it.
From the battleland.blogs.time.com
It opens with the great Raymond Smullyan doing some three-card monte.
From the scienceblogs.com
This wasn't even a New York City street corner three-card monte play.
From the chron.com
Alden was an easy mark for Anderson's game of three-card monte.
From the stltoday.com
The Iraqis could be shuffling tiny quantities of biotoxins around as if playing three-card monte.
From the time.com
Baseball is a shell game, a three-card monte we can't resist.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
