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

Sakuni was an expert at false dice, and challenged Yudhishthir, and Yudhishthir held it a point of honour not to decline such a challenge.

From Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse by Dutt, Romesh

I thought you only meant to prepare a pack of cards, and some false dice.

From The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 by Wharton, Grace

We are alien to each other, and their virtues are even more repugnant to my taste than their falsehoods and false dice.

From Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm

But it will give me an opportunity to ascertain what I have suspected—too late, indeed, to save myself—that I have been the victim of false dice and figured cards.

From Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story by Simms, William Gilmore