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canasta

[kuh-nas-tuh] / kəˈnæs tə /


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“She doesn’t know us,” said Digna Orozco, who sells pambazos and tacos de canasta on a dirt patch near semi-trailer truck lots in Fontana.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 29, 2024

“Coates had those steely blue eyes, and after the canasta comeback, he threw the cards out the window. He was kind of an out-of-control guy.”

From Seattle Times Feb. 20, 2022

In an independent living center, she has found friends with whom to share meals, movies and canasta games.

From New York Times Dec. 30, 2016

Or might she give up the game entirely and spent the rest of her sentence playing canasta with the Golden Girls?

From The Guardian Jun. 10, 2015

The canasta group meets daily to make party favors and help with the invitations.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez




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