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Faro bank
Faro Far"o, n. [Said to be so called because the Egyptian king Pharaoh was formerly represented upon one of the cards.] A gambling game at cardds, in whiich all the other players play against the dealer or banker, staking their money upon the order in which the cards will lie and be dealt from the pack. Faro bank, the capital which the proprietor of a farotable ventures in the game; also, the place where a game of faro is played. --Hoyle.

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- Faro (/ˈfɛəroʊ/ FAIR-oh), Pharaoh, Pharao, or Farobank is a late 17th-century French gambling game using cards. It is descended from B****et, and belongs...
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- Faro (/ˈfɑːroʊ/ FAR-oh, Portuguese: [ˈfaɾu] ) is a muni****lity, the southernmost city and capital of the district of the same name, in the Algarve region...
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- The Loss of the Faro Bank (1797), by James Gillray. Lord Buckinghamshire brings the news that the Faro bank has been stolen, to gamblers including his...
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- difficulties around 1781, until he was admitted to a twelfth share in Fox's faro bank at Brooks's, with a fee of five or six guineas an hour. The circle surrounding...
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