gambler's chance
Example Sentences
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Gibbons will take a gambler's chance with a percentage of the gate receipts.
From Time Magazine Archive
So long as they had fought with a gambler's chance, with the barest hope of success, it was easy to forget they were hungry, were weary unto death, were human at all.
From White Ashes by Kennedy, Sidney R. (Sidney Robinson)
Napoleon was staking all on the throw, taking the gambler's chance, taking it recklessly, accepting the hazard, but neglecting no means to insure the winning of the game.
From The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo by Brady, Cyrus Townsend
You see before you a desperate man, Mr. Gorham, upon whom you have forced the necessity of taking a gambler's chance.
From The Lever A Novel by Orcutt, William Dana
Life without opportunity and without a gambler's chance to win a considerable prize is not attractive to anyone.
From Crime: Its Cause and Treatment by Darrow, Clarence
