Meaning of cavagnole | Babel Free

Definitions

A game of chance similar to roulette, played for low stakes on a board on which the numbers 1 to 70 are marked.

historical, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“He seldom approached the table at which she was playing cavagnole, choosing to maintain⟳ the utmost reserve⟳ toward her.”

“The King, his grandson and granddaughter again presented themselves to public view⟳, this time playing cavagnole at a table in the royal apartments while six thousand invited guests took advantage of the privilege of watching them.”

“There, like⟳ the monkeys in my father’s zoo at the palace of Laxenburg, whose antics were displayed for the delight of the Austrian elite, Louis Auguste and I were expected to amuse the crush⟳ of ducs and duchesses, marquis and marquises, and comtes and comtesses whose rank accorded them the privilege of watching the heirs to the throne of France play⟳ a few rounds of cavagnole with members of the Orléans branch of the Bourbons.”

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