Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A term at ombre when the player gets fewer tricks than one of his opponents. He then loses double.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A term at omber, signifying that the game is won.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete The
winning of themajority oftricks in the game ofombre .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He played much at hombre, and frequently gained 'codille' (a term of the game), so that the name of the
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The baron leads the ace of hearts and Belinda takes it with the king, thus escaping "codille" and winning the stake.
The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems Alexander Pope 1716
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He played much at hombre, and frequently gained 'codille' (a term of the game), so that the name of the
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 03 Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon 1715
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He played much at hombre, and frequently gained 'codille' (a term of the game), so that the name of the
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon 1715
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If either of the ombre's opponents took more tricks than the ombre, it was "codille" (l.
The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems Alexander Pope 1716
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Thus is she "between the jaws of ruin and codille."
Playful Poems Henry Morley 1858
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