🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

sabot

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /saˈβot/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Dealing-box/ˈdiː.lɪŋ.bɒks/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El crupier saca las cartas del sabot."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A specialized mechanical container or device used in casinos and card games to store and dispense playing cards one at a time, ensuring fair play and preventing cheating.

    "The croupier placed a fresh deck of cards into the dealing-box before starting the baccarat round."
  2. 2

    A device or apparatus for distributing or allocating items systematically in specialized commercial or administrative settings.

    "The sorting clerk utilized a dealing-box to organize the incoming batch of mail receipts."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the present participle 'dealing' (from Middle English delen, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dailijaną meaning 'to divide or distribute') and 'box' (from Old English box, denoting a receptacle). The term originated in the 19th century within the context of casino table games and card playing to specifically describe a mechanical device used for dispensing playing cards fairly.

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