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

To drop down, on the off-chance of finding his quarry, was taking a gambler's chance, and Tam prided himself that he was no gambler.

From Tam o' the Scoots by Wallace, Edgar

If, with his huge resources, he never did anything brilliant, still less did he ever take a gambler's chance of failing.

From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved

Every gent, from his cradle to his coffin, has got to take a gambler's chance.

From Wolfville Days by Lewis, Alfred Henry

Even she could not escape his ruling passion; at the last analysis, even she represented to him a gambler’s chance.

From The Dark Star by Stevens, William Dodge