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Meaning of OMBER

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Om"ber\, Ombre \Om"bre\, n. [F. hombre, fr. Sp. hombre,
lit., a man, fr. L. homo. See {Human}.]
A game at cards, borrowed from the Spaniards, and usually
played by three persons. --Pope.
      When ombre calls, his hand and heart are free, And,
      joined to two, he fails not to make three. --Young.
 
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