See also:

• PRIMERO (Span. first)

PRIMERO (Span. first)  , a card See also:

• GAME

game of See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish origin, which See also:

• STRUTT, JEDEDIAH (1726-1797)

Strutt calls " the See also:

• OLDEST

oldest game of See also:

• CARDS, PLAYING

cards played in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England." It is described as having a See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close resmblance to See also:

• OMBRE

Ombre (q.v.), by which it had been superseded . In both See also:

• GAMES, CLASSICAL

games the spadillo or See also:

• ACE (derived through the Lat. as, from the Tarentine form of the Gr. etc)

ace of spades was the best card, but See also:

• PRIMERO (Span. first)

Primero was played with six cards and Ombre with nine . The exact method of See also:

• PLAY

play is uncertain .