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belote

American  
[buh-lot] / bəˈlɒt /
Or belotte

noun

  1. a card game for two players, using 32 cards and following the same basic rules as klabberjass, popular in France.

Etymology

Origin of belote

1940–45; < French, of uncertain origin; the hypothesis that the game was put in its present form by an F. Belot is unsubstantiated

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