🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

कार्ड शू

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kard shu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Card shoe/ˈkɑːrd ʃuː/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"डीलर ने कार्ड शू से ताश के पत्ते निकाले।"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A device used in casinos to hold multiple decks of playing cards and deal them smoothly one by one.

    "The dealer loaded six decks of cards into the card shoe before starting the blackjack game."
  2. 2

    A mechanical contraption designed to prevent cheating and streamline card distribution in table games.

    "Modern casinos often use a continuous shuffling card shoe to speed up play."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'card', referring to playing cards derived from Middle French and Old Italian roots, and 'shoe', an older mechanical term for a guiding channel or chute used in various industries since the 19th century. In the mid-20th century, casino terminology adopted 'shoe' to describe the heavy box-like device that resembles a shoe from which multiple decks of playing cards are slid out.

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