gambler's chance
Example Sentences
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Gibbons will take a gambler's chance with a percentage of the gate receipts.
From Time Magazine Archive
But he had thrown away a gambler's chance by a moment of frenzied struggle.
From The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley by Tracy, Louis
If, with his huge resources, he never did anything brilliant, still less did he ever take a gambler's chance of failing.
From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved
Napoleon was staking all on the throw, taking the gambler's chance, taking it recklessly, accepting the hazard, but neglecting no means to insure the winning of the game.
From The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo by Brady, Cyrus Townsend
Life without opportunity and without a gambler's chance to win a considerable prize is not attractive to anyone.
From Crime: Its Cause and Treatment by Darrow, Clarence
