casino

name

1. A town in the Richmond Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

noun

Etymology: From Italian casino, diminutive form of casa (“house”), from Latin casa (“cottage, hut”).

1. A public building or room for gambling.

   “He went to the casino every night till 1:00 am.”

   “A bid by Donald Trump to build Sydney’s first casino was rejected 30 years ago after police expressed concerns about his links to the mafia.”

2. A small house; a pleasure house or holiday home, especially in Italy.

   “Quirini [was] knowing in the belles Lettres, & highly skilled in making his Casino comfortable to all the Wits & Blues as we now call them in London.”

   “I felt it strange, and regretted it, that so amiable a man should have contracted such dissolute habits, and at this very time, instead of living respectably with his charming Countess, had Baccelli, the superannuated dancing courtesan, in a casino in the neighbourhood.”

3. A certain Italian card game for two to four players.
4. Any of certain cards with special meanings in this game.