See also:

• BIRIBI, or CAVAGNOLE

BIRIBI, or CAVAGNOLE  , a See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• GAME

game of See also:

• CHANCE (through the O. Fr. cheance, from the Late Lat. cadentia, things happening, from cadere, to fall out, happen; cf. " case ")

chance, prohibited by See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law since 1837 . It is played on a See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board on which the See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers 1 to 70 are marked . The players put their stakes on the numbers they wish to back . The banker is provided with a bag from which he draws a See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case containing a See also:

• TICKET (O. Fr. esliquet, also estiquette, mod. etiquette, from Ger. sleeken, to stick up)

ticket, the tickets corresP9nding with the numbers on the board . The banker calls out the number, and the player who has backed it receives sixty-four times his stake; the other stakes go to the banker . In the French See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army " to be sent to See also:

• BIRIBI, or CAVAGNOLE

Biribi " is a cant See also:

• TERM

term for being sent to the disciplinary See also:

• BATTALION

battalion in See also:

• ALGERIA
• ALGERIA (Algerie)

Algeria .