false dice
Example Sentences
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His false dice were then called in—and would you have me yield to his roguery what had been the fruits of a fair conflict?
From Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story by Simms, William Gilmore
His friend undone by sharpers and false dice; and Stukely sole contriver, and possessor of all.
From The Gamester (1753) by Peake, Charles H.
He then caught the false dice in the same way, shifted the empty box again, and threw till he threw out, still calling the same main, by which artifice he escaped suspicion.
From The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume II (of II) by Steinmetz, Andrew
I hate the strain and the anxiety; and when unexpected expenses are foisted on me, I feel the world is playing with false dice.
From Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 1 by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Other fellows did gain a livelihood by play, for at that they were better than sharpers and could get their simple comrades' money from them with false dice: but such a profession I loathed.
From The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim by Grimmelshausen, Hans Jacob Christoph von
