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a card game so addictive 1950s America briefly forgot bridge existed.
originInvented in 1939 Uruguay by two bored lawyers.
name meaningSpanish for basket, where discards once piled up.
crazeOutsold bridge books in early 1950s America.
the meldSeven matched cards forms a prized canasta.
deck countPlayed with two full decks plus jokers.