false dice
Example Sentences
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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 Charles H. Peake
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 William Shakespeare
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 William Gilmore Simms
Sakuni was an expert at false dice, and challenged Yudhishthir, and Yudhishthir held it a point of honour not to decline such a challenge.
From Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse by Romesh Dutt
But, almost immediately, the metaphorical cloven foot and false dice appear.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by George Saintsbury
