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skat

(skăt)

1. A card game for three persons that is played with 32 cards, sevens through aces.

2. One of the combinations of cards occurring in this game.

[German, from Italian scarto, a discarded card, from scartare, to reject : s-, out; see sfumato + carta, card (from Latin charta, paper made of papyrus; see card¹).]

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skat

(skæt)

(Card Games) a three-handed card game using 32 cards, popular in German-speaking communities

[C19: from German, from Italian scarto played cards, from scartare to discard, from s- ex-¹ + carta, from Latin charta card¹]

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skat

(skɑt, skæt)

n.

a game for three persons using 32 cards, the object being to fulfill any of various contracts.

[1860–65; < German skat]

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