Meaning & use
monte
A gambling card game of Spanish origin, also the basis for the con game three-card monte.
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Sailors in old port towns often played monte for small stakes during long voyages.
Street hustlers sometimes ran a version of monte to trick tourists out of their money.
A note on using this word
Monte is rarely used alone today outside of 'three-card monte,' a well-known street con built on the original card game.
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