petits-chevaux

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A gambling game played with a mechanical device consisting of a board perforated with a number of concentric circular slits, in which revolve, each independently on its own axis, figures of jockeys on horseback, distinguished by numbers or colors.

Word forms

petits-chevaux

Etymology

From French [Term?] (literally “little horses”).

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