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
You see before you a desperate man, Mr. Gorham, upon whom you have forced the necessity of taking a gambler's chance.
From The Lever A Novel by Orcutt, William Dana
I understand it's a gamble, and I'm taking a gambler's chance.
From Hiram the Young Farmer by Todd, Burbank L.
Nicol Brinn mentally reviewed the intervening countryside, and taking a gambler's chance, took the Rolls Royce up the hill.
From Fire-Tongue by Rohmer, Sax
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
