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Bible Encyclopedias
Biribi
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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or Cavagnole, a French game of chance, prohibited by law since 1837. It is played on a board on which the numbers 1 to 70 are marked. The players put their stakes on the numbers they wish to back. The banker is provided with a bag from which he draws a case containing a ticket, the tickets corresponding with the numbers on the board. The banker calls out the number, and the player who has backed it receives sixty-four times his stake; the other stakes go to the banker. In the French. army "to be sent to Biribi" is a cant term for being sent to the disciplinary battalion in Algeria.
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Bibliography Information
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Biribi'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/biribi.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Biribi'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/biribi.html. 1910.
