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Definition of Codille
1. n. A term at omber, signifying that the game is won.
Definition of Codille
1. a situation in the card game ombre [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Codille
Literary usage of Codille
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Game of Ombre by Henry Hucks Gibbs, Chiswick Press (1878)
"If he be given codille he pays the winner his Penalty, and the extras. ...
and yet by a Revoke gives codille to the Defender, he gains nothing, ..."
2. The Court-gamester: Or, Full and Easy Instructions for Playing the Games Now by Richard Seymour (1722)
"... that when the Ombre wins, he robs the Board of the Stake $ but in the other
Cafe he Jays one down, for that which the codille takes up. ..."
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