false dice

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Lubber, name of a spirit, 8.Good year, corruption of goujère, 274.Goose, emblem of cowardice, 119;terms connected with, 118, 119.Gossamer, notions relating to, 259.Gossip’s bowl, 205.Gourds, false dice, 402.Gout,

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)

Marry, once before he won     it of me with false dice; therefore your Grace may well say I     have lost it.

From Much Ado about Nothing by Shakespeare, William

Indeed, if some one plays with me for money he has stolen from me, I have the right to use false dice against him, because all that I win from him already belongs to me.

From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Schopenhauer, Arthur

Thus, hidden cards, marked cards, false dice void a bet.

From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome