false dice

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But it will give me an opportunity to ascertain what I have suspected—too late, indeed, to save myself—that I have been the victim of false dice and figured cards.

From Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story by Simms, William Gilmore

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 Dutt, Romesh

Thirdly, it shalbe lawfull for anie whatsoeuer to play with false dice in a corner on the couer of this foresaid Acts and monuments.

From The Vnfortunate Traveller, or The Life Of Jack Wilton With An Essay On The Life And Writings Of Thomas Nash By Edmund Gosse by Gosse, Edmund

But, almost immediately, the metaphorical cloven foot and false dice appear.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George

They also know how to play with false dice; and so eagerly did I find them playing, that they perspired thereby.

From Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm