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capot
French · medieval
"to sweep a card game"
a card-game term meaning to win all the tricks, leaving an opponent with none
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kaputt
German · 1800s
"broken, ruined"
adopted from French card-game slang to mean broken or ruined
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kaput
English · 1900s
"broken and unable to function"
adopted directly from German, especially after World War I
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