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PRIMERO (Span. first)

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 338 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PRIMERO (Span. first)  , a card
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game of
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Spanish origin, which
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Strutt calls " the
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oldest game of
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cards played in
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England." It is described as having a
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close resmblance to
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Ombre (q.v.), by which it had been superseded . In both
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games the spadillo or
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ace of spades was the best card, but
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Primero was played with six cards and Ombre with nine . The exact method of
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play is uncertain .

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