FARO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does faro mean? 

• FARO (noun)
  The noun FARO has 1 sense:

1. a card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box

  Familiarity information: FARO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FARO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("faro" is a kind of...):

card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)

 Context examples 

"It is a true picture. It has much meaning. It is in your cabin at Dawson. It is a faro table. There are men playing. It is a large game. The limit is off."

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)