фант

Russian

noun+
Definitions
  • (dated) fant game in which players perform comic tasks, assigned by lot to the owner of an object, the "fant"
  • (dated) object whose owner is required to perform a comic task and which must be given back, in the game of fant
  • (dated) task performed in this way

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish fant derived from German Pfand (pledge).

Origin

German (Berlin)

Pfand

Gloss

pledge

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