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northshore_angel_fan
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northshore_angel_fan asked in Entertainment & MusicMovies · 1 decade ago

The Movie HUD?

I recently watched HUD starring Paul Newman, in the movie he kept calling his nephew Lonnie, "FanTan", what does that mean?? is it a name or reference popular at that time..

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    FanTan is a card game,based around 7's,and sequences

  • wardwell
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Hud Movie

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  • Kris L
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Fantan is an old fashioned 'card game' played for money. The 'reference' to the man's nephew 'implies' that he was 'the prize' after a game of cards ... and I guess you can 'take from that what you want' since it was only a movie.

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