Synonyms for casino


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuh-see-noh
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈsi noʊ

Top 10 synonyms for casino Other synonyms for the word casino

Définition of casino

Origin :
  • 1744, "public room for music or dancing," from Italian casino, literally "a little house," diminutive of casa "house," from Latin casa "hut, cottage, cabin," of uncertain origin. The card game (also cassino) is attested by that name from 1792. Specifically as "building for aristocratic gambling" by 1820, first in an Italian context.
  • [T]he term Casino [is] indiscriminately applied to a set of farm offices, a country-seat, a gambling house, and a game of cards ... [Jane Waldie Watts, "Sketches Descriptive of Italy in the Years 1816 and 1817," London 1820]
  • noun gambling establishment
Example sentences :
  • Well, I've got to take the madam and the young folks over to the Casino.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Just such a promenade, with a sleepy band, just such a casino, just such a routine.
  • Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • In Spain this social life centers in the café and the casino.
  • Extract from : « Rosinante to the Road Again » by John Dos Passos
  • He spoke for the benefit of the Russian sufferers at the Casino on December 18th.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • So thinking, I wrapped my cloak about me and hastened towards the Casino.
  • Extract from : « Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Charles Lever
  • Entering the casino, they had a drink together, then smoked and chatted.
  • Extract from : « The White Lie » by William Le Queux
  • There you will get into the gondola, and say to the gondolier these words: 'To the casino.'
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • Rigerboos asked her, jokingly, if the girls were at the casino.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • In the casino a crowd is gathering round the roulette wheel.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • From that day the major tried to drive the Italians away from his Casino.
  • Extract from : « The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I (of 2) » by Alexandre Dumas pre
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