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Texas 42

Also known as Dominoes: Texas 42 · Forty-Two · 42

Texas 42: photograph by Loadmaster (David R. Tribble)
Photo: Loadmaster (David R. Tribble), CC BY-SA 3.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Partnership trick-taking game played with dominoes instead of cards; invented 1887 in Texas.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of United States.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Crossroads and Golden Ages (about 500 to 1500), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of The Americas: North America.

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