‖ tricon Cards.
(trikɔ̃)
[F. tricon: origin unknown; perh. jocularly f. L. tri- three + con-, con-, together.]
In certain card games, as Commerce: see quots.
| 1798 Sporting Mag. XII. 142 The tricon is three tens, three nines, three fours, or any three cards of the same rank. 1850 Bohn's Hand-Bk. Games 329 At this game [Commerce] are three parts: 1st, That which takes place of all others, called the tricon, or three cards of the same denomination, similar to pair-royal at Cribbage. |