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noun 
  1. A gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered.
    • 1971: Memories of this night are extremely hazy. All I have, for guide-pegs, is a pocketful of cards and cocktail napkins, all covered with scribbled notes. " Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Harper Perennial 2005, p. 41)
Etymology: From French quine, with reference to a set of five winning lottery numbers.

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