[a. F. quinze:—L. quindecim fifteen.] A card-game depending on chance, in which the winner is that player who obtains fifteen points, or comes nearest to that number without exceeding it.
1716. Lady M. W. Montagu, Lett. to C’tess Mar, 14 Sept. When the ladies were come in, she sat down to quinze.
1778. Sheridan, Camp, II. iii. I daresay you would have thought of proper marquees for hazard and quinze.
1811. Lady Granville, Lett. (1894), I. 22. They play at quinze half the night.
Comb. 1762. in Cunningham, Handbk. London (1850), 546/2. The Quinze players shall pay for their own cards.
