GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   ‖Monte , n. [Sp., lit., mountain, hence, the stock of cards remaining after laying out a certain number, fr. L. mons, montis, mountain.] A favorite gambling game among Spaniards, played with dice or cards.
   1913 Webster
   three-card monte a gambling game using playing cards, in which a dealer shows a bettor three cards face up and specifies one to be identified, and after the cards are turned face down and moved around quickly, the bettor must identify which of the three cards is the specified card.  It is sometimes engaged in by dealers on the streets of a city, with bets made by passers-by.
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   ‖Monte , n. In Spanish America, a wood; forest; timber land; esp., in parts of South America, a comparatively wooden region.
   Webster 1913 Suppl.