'Fan-tan' definitions:
Definition of 'Fan-tan'
From: GCIDE
- Fan-tan \Fan"-tan`\ (f[a^]n"t[a^]n`), n. [Chinese (of Canton) in an-tan-kun gambling house.]
- 1. A Chinese gambling game in which coins or other small objects are placed upon a table, usually under a cup, and the players bet as to what remainder will be left when the sum of the counters is divided by four. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. A game with playing cards in which the cards are played in sequences upon the table, the one who first gets rid of his cards being the winner. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]