turn of the cards
Example Sentences
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Perhaps there are reasons why the roll of the dice and turn of the cards sometimes appear to obey the bettor's will.
From Time Magazine Archive
Accompanied by Mr. Litsinger's nephew Fred, a timid youth of 27, she met the gamblers, who inveigled the young man into staking the money on a turn of the cards.
From Time Magazine Archive
Because he was hired to: because his masters, the MacMorroghs, and their master, North, have staked their roll on this last turn of the cards.
From Empire Builders by Hambidge, Jay
The answer to the riddle is that they liked the life and had always the gambling spirit which hopes for a lucky turn of the cards.
From The Old Merchant Marine; A chronicle of American ships and sailors by Paine, Ralph Delahaye
He was too good a gambler to resent, in a fair game, the turn of the cards against him.
From The Seventh Noon by Frederick, Edmund
