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| ca·nas·ta [ kə nástə ] (plural ca·nas·tas) |
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1. variant of rummy: a variant of the card game rummy played with two 52-card decks. Players are dealt 15 cards, the goal being to collect groups of seven similar cards.
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2. set of cards: a point-scoring set of cards in canasta
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| [Mid-20th century. Via Spanish, "basket" < Latin canistrum, because two decks of cards (a "basketful") are used] |
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