CANFIELD


Meaning of CANFIELD in English

ˈkanˌfēld noun

( -s )

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: after Richard A. Canfield died 1914 American gambling-house proprietor

1. : klondike 2

2. : a form of solitaire in which the player deals a reserve pile of 13 cards, lays out 4 face-up cards as a tableau, and turns up the remaining cards one or three at a time, the object being to build additional piles of each suit in ascending sequence

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