/ kəˈnæstə; NAmE / noun
[ U ] a card game played with two packs of cards by two pairs of players who try to collect sets of cards
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WORD ORIGIN
1940s: from Spanish (of Uruguayan origin), literally basket , based on Latin canistrum basket, from Greek kanastron wicker basket, from kanna cane, reed, kannē , of Semitic origin.