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Webster 1913 Edition
Mataco
Mat′a-co
,Noun.
(Zool.)
The three-banded armadillo (
Tolypeutis tricinctus
). See Illust. under Loricata
. 2.
(Card Playing)
In the game of quadrille or omber, the three principal trumps, the ace of spades being the first, the ace of clubs the third, and the second being the deuce of a black trump or the seven of a red one.
When Lady Tricksey played a four,
You took it with a
You took it with a
matadore
. Swift.