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has glosseng: Conquian is a card game which probably dates back to the seventeenth-century Central America, but which was popularized and extended to the United States, specially Texas, from Mexico, although this allegation is still much controversial. It was first described in detail in R. F. Foster's Hoyle in 1897. And according to David Parlett, it is an ancestor to all modern rummy games, a kind of proto-Gin Rummy.
lexicalizationeng: Conquian
instance of(noun) a game played with playing cards
card game, cards
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German
has glossdeu: Conquian, auch Conquain, Coon Can, Coon King ist ein historisches Kartenspiel für zwei Personen. Conquian gilt als Urahn der Spiele der Rommé-Familie; Conquian ist vermutlich um 1890 in Mexiko entstanden, gelangte in den Süden der USA und verbreitete sich von dort ausgehend weiter.
lexicalizationdeu: Conquian
Russian
has glossrus: Кункен — азартная карточная игра, возникшая в Мексике или в юго-западной части США и имеющая многочисленные разновидности.
lexicalizationrus: Кункен
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