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)

“Gourds” were false dice, with a secret cavity scooped out like a gourd.

From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thiselton-Dyer, Thomas Firminger

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

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

His false dice were then called in—and would you have me yield to his roguery what had been the fruits of a fair conflict?

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