Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A box to hold the cards for dealing at faro, having a slit at one end through which to slide the cards, and a spring which keeps the top card level with the slit and allows the removal of but one at a time.
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Examples
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When a card is removed from the faro-box by the dealer, the "hearse-driver" moves
The Spoilers Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913
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I then removed the top of his faro-box, bulged out the centre of the front plate at the mouth, and filed the plate on the inside at both corners to a bevel.
American Sketches 1908 Charles Whibley 1894
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