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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesकार्ड शू
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kard shu
"डीलर ने कार्ड शू से ताश के पत्ते निकाले।"
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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
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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10 Global Lexicons: How "Card shoe" is said worldwide
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sabot de cartes
Transliteration: sa-bo də kart
"Le croupier tire les cartes du sabot de cartes."
Kartenschlitten
Transliteration: kaʁtənˌʃlɪtn̩
"Die Karten werden aus dem Kartenschlitten ausgeteilt."
sabot
Transliteration: saˈbɔ
"Il mazziere estrae le carte dal sabot."
sabucal
Transliteration: sa.βuˈkal
"El crupier reparte las cartas desde el sabucal."
saboleira
Transliteration: sa.buˈlej.ɾɐ
"As cartas são distribuídas a partir da saboleira."
कार्ड शू
Transliteration: kard shu
"डीलर ने कार्ड शू से ताश के पत्ते निकाले।"
发牌盒
Transliteration: fā pái hé
"荷官从发牌盒中抽出一张牌。"
카드 슈
Transliteration: kadeu syu
"딜러가 카드 슈에서 카드를 꺼냈습니다."
シュー
Transliteration: shū
"ディーラーはシューからカードを配ります。"
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