canasta: see rummy rummy, card game played by two to six players with a standard deck. The cards usually rank from king down through ace. Seven cards are dealt to each player in the three- or four-hand game, one card is turned up on the table, and the remaining cards are left face down
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Form of rummy, using two full decks, in which players or partnerships try to meld groups of three or more cards of the same rank and score bonuses for seven-card melds. Eleven cards are dealt to each player, the undealt portion of the pack is placed on the table, and the top card is turned up to start the discard pile. Each player in turn must draw, may meld, and must discard one card. A hand ends when a player melds his last card (goes out). Canasta originated in Uruguay in the late 1940s; its name (meaning “basket”) is probably a reference to the tray for holding discards.

canasta

1. a card game for two to six players who seek to amass points by declaring sets of cards

2. a declared set in this game, containing seven or more like cards, worth 500 points if the canasta is pure or 300 if wild (containing up to three jokers)

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No references found	After training under both codes for around a dozen years in Cheltenham, Denson became head groom to Peter Bailey, a position he held during the halcyon period for the trainer during which Canasta Lad, Strombolus and Zeta's Son won a series of major races including the Arkle, Whitbread Gold Cup and Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup. Death of Bill Denson; IN BRIEF by The Racing Post (London, England) In Brown's Britain, when the man of the house suggests the new family car should be a Canasta four-door Slingshot, not surprisingly Mrs Pants begins to brood heavily towards the Nissan Note and Citroen Picasso but probably not the Kia Soul. Pedigree versatility without looking like a dog's dinner by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) She played piano, loved Mah Jong, Canasta, crocheted afghans, enjoyed travel, and seeing shows, and supported many charitable organizations. Nettie Kravitz by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)	canaliculus canalis canalization canalized character Canals, International Cananaean Canandaigua Canandaigua Lake Canandaigua Lake State Marine Park Cananea cananga oil canard Canaries Current Canaris, Constantine Canaris, Walter Wilhelm Canaris, Wilhelm Canarsee Canary Canary Basin Canary Current canary grass Canary Islands canary whitewood canary wood canary-pox virus canasta Canastotan Canavalia canavanine Canaveral Canaveral National Seashore Canaveral, Cape Canberra Canberra Day Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg Canby, Henry Seidel Canc Cancan Cancel cancela CancelBunny cancellate cancellation circuit cancellation effect cancellation law cancelli cancellous cancellous bone Cancelm00se Cancelmoose Cancelpoodle	Canary Wharf, London canary whitewood canary whitewood Canary wine Canary wine Canary wine Canary wine Canary wood Canary wood canary yellow canary yellow canary yellow canary yellow canary-bird flower Canary-grass Canary-grass Canary-grass canary-pox virus canary-yellow canary-yellow canary-yellow canary-yellow canarybird flower canarybird vine Canarypox Canarypox virus Canas Canas Canasa Canasa canasta Canasta de monedas canastas canastas Canaster Canastota Canastota, New York Canastotan CANATA canation CANATUR Canavalia Canavalia Canavalia ensiformis Canavalia ensiformis Canavalia gladiata Canavalia pubescens Canavalia pubescens canavalin Canavan disease Canavan disease Canavan disease Canavan disease Canavan disease Canavan leukodystrophy Canavan's disease canavanase canavanine canavanine canavanine Canaveral

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After training under both codes for around a dozen years in Cheltenham, Denson became head groom to Peter Bailey, a position he held during the halcyon period for the trainer during which Canasta Lad, Strombolus and Zeta's Son won a series of major races including the Arkle, Whitbread Gold Cup and Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup.

Death of Bill Denson; IN BRIEF by The Racing Post (London, England)

In Brown's Britain, when the man of the house suggests the new family car should be a Canasta four-door Slingshot, not surprisingly Mrs Pants begins to brood heavily towards the Nissan Note and Citroen Picasso but probably not the Kia Soul.

Pedigree versatility without looking like a dog's dinner by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)

She played piano, loved Mah Jong, Canasta, crocheted afghans, enjoyed travel, and seeing shows, and supported many charitable organizations.

Nettie Kravitz by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)

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