false dice

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Other fellows did gain a livelihood by play, for at that they were better than sharpers and could get their simple comrades' money from them with false dice: but such a profession I loathed.

From The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim by Grimmelshausen, Hans Jacob Christoph von

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

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

I thought you only meant to prepare a pack of cards, and some false dice.

From The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 by Wharton, Grace

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)