false dice

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His friend undone by sharpers and false dice; and Stukely sole contriver, and possessor of all.

From The Gamester (1753) by Peake, Charles H.

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

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 Steinmetz, Andrew

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

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

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)