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PRIMERO (Span. first)

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 338 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PRIMERO (Span. first) , a card See also:game of See also:Spanish origin, which See also:Strutt calls " the See also:oldest game of See also:cards played in See also:England." It is described as having a See also:close resmblance to See also:Ombre (q.v.), by which it had been superseded. In both See also:games the spadillo or See also:ace of spades was the best card, but Primero was played with six cards and Ombre with nine. The exact method of See also:play is uncertain.

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