[ 'ɒmbə , 'ɒmbreɪ ]
■ noun a trick-taking card game for three people using a pack of forty cards, popular in the 17th–18th centuries.
Origin
from Sp. h~ 'man', with ref. to one player seeking to win the pool.
[ 'ɒmbə , 'ɒmbreɪ ]
■ noun a trick-taking card game for three people using a pack of forty cards, popular in the 17th–18th centuries.
Origin
from Sp. h~ 'man', with ref. to one player seeking to win the pool.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004