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
Run from the city as he was for cover—or take the gambler's chance?
From The Adventures of Jimmie Dale by Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius)
Napoleon was staking all on the throw, taking the gambler's chance, taking it recklessly, accepting the hazard, but neglecting no means to insure the winning of the game.
From The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo by Brady, Cyrus Townsend
I understand it's a gamble, and I'm taking a gambler's chance.
From Hiram the Young Farmer by Todd, Burbank L.
Every gent, from his cradle to his coffin, has got to take a gambler's chance.
From Wolfville Days by Lewis, Alfred Henry
