Word: bohn
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...Bohn's Hand-bk. Games 348 The other chances are also designated on the green cloth.., 'le pair, le passe, et le noir'. 1928 M. CAROL How to play Roulette ii. 21 Among other divisions, or spaces for the stakes, you will find Passe, Pair, Manque, Impair, Noir, Rouge. 1939 T. KING Twenty-one Games to play for Money 31 Even chances are given when a stake is placed on:.. Noir, meaning any black number that turns up. 1964 A. WYKES Gambling ix. 215 The European betting table is divided into six areas labelled pair, impair, passe, manque, rouge...
...Bohn's Hand-bk. Games 343 The first parcel of cards played, is usually for noir, the second for rouge. 1850 [see INVERSE sb. 3]. 1928 M. CAROL How to play Roulette iv. 56 The even money chances are Rouge or Red, Noir or Black, Coleur [sic] and Inverse. 1964 A. WYKES Gambling vii. 171 (caption) The dealer lays out two rows of cards (le noir and le rouge) until each total 31 or more. Players bet that one or the other row will be nearer to 31 by placing chips on rouge or on noir...
...Bohn-Hayden, who is disabled and was once homeless, fears that a rent increase will leave her no choice but to live out of her car again...
...received an offer from the landlord that would terminate in August and it was more than what my supplemental income could cover," Bohn-Hayden said. "I know that I can survive [homelessness], not that it's easy, but I worry about a lot of other people, especially the elderly...
...Driving around Cambridge last night, I saw an awful lot of moving vans," Bohn-Hayden said...