[Ads-l] three card monte (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill CIV (US)]

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

The OED has an 1854 cite for "Three card monte", taken from a quote in an 1863 work.


_New York Times_ 4 Jan 1853 p 6 col 6
"In the Police Court of Boston, Thursday, three young men named Augustus Rogers, Charles Bennett and Simeon Clough were examined  on a complaint containing two counts, charging them with conspiracy to cheat one Catherine Wise of her money and gold locket, by an unfair game called "three card monte." "

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

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