false dice
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Other fellows did gain a livelihood by play, for at that they were better than sharpers and could get their simple comrades' money from them with false dice: but such a profession I loathed.
From The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim by Hans Jacob Christoph von Grimmelshausen
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 Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
His friend undone by sharpers and false dice; and Stukely sole contriver, and possessor of all.
From The Gamester (1753) by Charles H. Peake
With wily craft the sharpers substituted their deceitful 'doctors' or false dice; and thus 'crabs,' or 'a losing game,' became the portion of the 'flats,' or dupes.
From The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume II (of II) by Andrew Steinmetz
Sakuni was an expert at false dice, and challenged Yudhishthir, and Yudhishthir held it a point of honour not to decline such a challenge.
From Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse by Romesh Dutt
