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
Most modern paintings are simply painted on a gambler's chance of finding suitable surroundings afterwards.
From The Galleries of the Exposition by Neuhaus, Eugen
Life without opportunity and without a gambler's chance to win a considerable prize is not attractive to anyone.
From Crime: Its Cause and Treatment by Darrow, Clarence
A gambler's chance at stolen money—is that what you figure on buying, sir?
From The Million-Dollar Suitcase by MacGowan, Alice
At the command, Marsh Tremper's mind had leaped to the fact that behind him was one man; one against five, and he took a gambler's chance.
From Pardners by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
