quinze

/ kɛ̃z /

noun

1. a card game with rules similar to those of vingt-et-un, except that the score aimed at is 15 rather than 21

Word History and Origins

Origin of quinze¹

French: fifteen

Example Sentences

Upper East Side apartments contain Louis Quinze rooms bedecked in furniture that appears to be made of solid gold.

From The Daily Beast

Ceux qui portoient le bl au moulin, de quinze boisseaux n'en rendoient que douze de farine au lieu de dix-huict.

From Project Gutenberg

Upon the veranda-stoop of the Louis Quinze stood a man of apparently about twenty-eight years of age.

From Project Gutenberg

He approached Valmond, who was moving on towards the Louis Quinze, with appreciation of a time for disappearing.

From Project Gutenberg

All the soul cramped in the small body was showing in his eyes, as on that day when he had sung before the Louis Quinze.

From Project Gutenberg

As he sat alone in the quiet dusk of his room at the Louis Quinze waiting for Parpon, there came a tap at his door.

From Project Gutenberg