false dice

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No one discovers that he has, by a very dexterous movement, slipped a set of false dice into the box, while O'Brodereque diverted attention at the moment by introducing the pony into the saloon.

From Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)

I hate the strain and the anxiety; and when unexpected expenses are foisted on me, I feel the world is playing with false dice.

From Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 1 by Stevenson, Robert Louis

I thought you only meant to prepare a pack of cards, and some false dice.

From The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 by Wharton, Grace

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

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