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canasta

[kuh-nas-tuh] / kəˈnæs tə /


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Last year Siegel taught the oldest boys at camp canasta, another game popular among retirees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Four patrol cars are stationed near the intersection of Whittier Boulevard and South Boyle Avenue in Boyle Heights — near the site where a street vendor plies tacos de canasta.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2022

“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

Then she would play mah-jongg and canasta, while he played tennis and paddleball and, afterward, relaxed in front of their cabana.

From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2016

It turns out that the whole canasta group are wives of supporters of the plot.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez


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