quint
/kwɪnt/noun
1
- (in piquet) a sequence of five cards of the same suit. A run of ace, king, queen, jack, and ten is a quint major and one of jack, ten, nine, eight, and seven a quint minor（皮克牌用语）同花顺子（A、K、Q、J、10五张牌是大同花顺子, J、10、9、8、7五张牌是小同花顺子）。
- ORIGIN: late 17th cent.: from French, from Latin quintus 'fifth', from quinque 'five'.
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- N. Amer. short for QUINTUPLET.〈北美〉 QUINTUPLET的简称。