cooncan

[ koon-kan ]

nounCards.
  1. a variety of rummy for two players.

Origin of cooncan

1
1885–90, Americanism; popular alteration of conquian

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British Dictionary definitions for cooncan

cooncan

conquian

/ (ˈkuːnˌkæn) /


noun
  1. a card game for two players, similar to rummy

Origin of cooncan

1
C19: from (Mexican) Spanish con quién with whom?, apparently with reference to the forming and declaring of sequences and sets of cards

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