false dice

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Lubber, name of a spirit, 8.Good year, corruption of goujère, 274.Goose, emblem of cowardice, 119;terms connected with, 118, 119.Gossamer, notions relating to, 259.Gossip’s bowl, 205.Gourds, false dice, 402.Gout,

From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thiselton-Dyer, Thomas Firminger

No one discovers that he has, by a very dexterous movement, slipped a set of false dice into the box, while O'Brodereque diverted attention at the moment by introducing the pony into the saloon.

From Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)

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

Marry, once before he won     it of me with false dice; therefore your Grace may well say I     have lost it.

From Much Ado about Nothing by Shakespeare, William

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