Omber

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Omber \Om"ber\, Ombre \Om"bre\, n. [F. hombre, fr. Sp. hombre,
     lit., a man, fr. L. homo. See {Human}.]
     A game at cards, borrowed from the Spaniards, and usually
     played by three persons. --Pope.
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           When ombre calls, his hand and heart are free,
           And, joined to two, he fails not to make three.
                                                    --Young.
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