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crapshooter

[krap-shoo-ter] / ˈkræpˌʃu tər /




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The fastest and most dangerous market ride is in "puts & calls," which is much like betting that a crapshooter does or doesn't make his point.

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Years later the student has become district attorney, the crapshooter a top-money gambler.

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"Either I'm the stupidest guy around or the biggest crapshooter in town," he said before opening his $1.5 billion Venetian mega-resort in 1999, complete with canals, gondola rides and its own convention center next door.

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An inveterate crapshooter, he may have gambled unwisely with the SEC, but as a former test pilot, he apparently knew when to bail out.

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She was like a crapshooter when he keeps calling to the dice: "Come, seven—come on, come on!"

From Somewhere in Red Gap by Harry Leon Wilson


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