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coon·can
(ko͞on′kăn′) or con·qui·an (kŏng′kē-ən)n.
An early version of rummy for two players using 40 cards, in which the object is to meld all of the cards in one's hand in straights of 3 or more cards of the same suit or sets of 3 or 4 cards of the same rank.
[Alteration of American Spanish conquián, probably from Spanish con quién, with whom? : con, with (from Latin cum; see kom in Indo-European roots) + quien, whom (from Latin quem, accusative of quis, who; see kwo- in Indo-European roots).]
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cooncan
(ˈkuːnˌkæn) orconquian
n
(Card Games) a card game for two players, similar to rummy
[C19: from (Mexican) Spanish con quién with whom?, apparently with reference to the forming and declaring of sequences and sets of cards]
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coon•can
(ˈkunˌkæn)n.
a variety of rummy for two players.
[1885–90, Amer.; alter. of conquian < Sp con quien? literally, with whom?]
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