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
Here was a gambler’s chance, action and adventure.
From The Blood of the Conquerors by Fergusson, Harvey
You see before you a desperate man, Mr. Gorham, upon whom you have forced the necessity of taking a gambler's chance.
From The Lever A Novel by Orcutt, William Dana
It was a gambler's chance that Renwick took.
From The Secret Witness by Gibbs, George
