Antedating of "Canasta"

[Fred Shapiro]

canasta (OED July 1948)

1948 _Wash. Post_ 14 May C5 (ProQuest)  There is a new game, too.  It is
called canasta, which means basket in Spanish.  A new form of Oklahoma, it
is played with two packs of cards.

Fred Shapiro


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