Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for OM'BER, or OM'BRE
OM'BER, or OM'BRE, n. [Fr. from Sp. hombre, man, L. homo.]
A game at cards, borrowed from the Spaniards, usually played by three persons, though sometimes by two or five. Encyc.
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