Etymology

petits-chevaux

Today it means: A gambling game played with a mechanical device consisting of a board perforated with a number of concentric circular slits, in which revolve, each independently on its own axis, figures of jockeys on horseback, distinguished by numbers or colors. Full definition →

French [Term?]
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  1. French · borrowed from[Term?]
  2. English todaypetits-chevaux

From French [Term?] (literally “little horses”).

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