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fan-tan in British English
a Chinese gambling game in which the players bet on the number of beans, etc. that will be left from a pile after it has been counted off in fours
noun: a Chinese gambling game in which a random number of counters are placed under a bowl and wagers laid on how many will remain after they have been divided by four
noun: a game in which the players play their sevens and other cards forming sequences in the same suits as their sevens, the winner being the player who first runs out of cards

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