DCHP-3

barbotte ((2))

[< Cdn F barbote < Turk. barbut]
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

a gambling game played with dice, the winning throws being 3-3, 5-5, 6-6, and 6-5; the losing throws being 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 4-4; the other combinations being neutral.

Quotations

1950
Wedged between the brothels, barbotte games and blind pigs were a handful of licensed night clubs.
1953
. . . the counterfeit coin could be used to gamble at red dog, poker, roulette, barbotte, and for just plain shooting craps.
1959
The law is not too effective in dealing with this canker . . . because the bucketeers often pull up stakes and move, like a travelling barbotte game.