koikoi

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A form of koi-koi — A Japanese card game for two players played with hanafuda cards, similar to the Korean game of go-stop

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Meanings

nounkoikoi (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of koi-koi.

    After dinner he said, "Have you got a pack of cards? I'll teach you how to play koikoi." She became very cheerful at this and flew off to the nearby stationery store for a pack of the tiny flower-patterned cards.

    1997, Yoshikichi Furui, translated by Meredith McKinney, Ravine, and Other Stories, Stone Bridge Press, →ISBN, page 61
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    Reason: The accused has done gambling so called "Koikoi" "Atosaki" about 5 times, continuing his criminal intent, during the period from August 30, 1946, to September 19, 1946 by using Hana Cards with Takesada Mishina and several others at the house of Takesada Mishina No. 611, Imaichi, Imaichi-machi, Kamitsuga-gun, Tochigi-ken.

    1948, Official Gazette. English Edition: Issues 526-548
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