| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| keno |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ke·no |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k  n |
| NOUN: | A game of chance, similar to lotto, that uses balls rather than counters. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French quine, set of five winning numbers (from Latin qu n, five each; see penkwe in Appendix I) + -o (as in lotto).
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