fantan

noun ! Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about fantan at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

1. A Chinese gambling game; a random number of counters are placed under a bowl and you gamble on how many will be left (0, 1, 2, or 3 modulo 4).
2. A card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards.