false dice
Example Sentences
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“Gourds” were false dice, with a secret cavity scooped out like a gourd.
From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer
His friend undone by sharpers and false dice; and Stukely sole contriver, and possessor of all.
From The Gamester (1753) by Charles H. Peake
They also know how to play with false dice; and so eagerly did I find them playing, that they perspired thereby.
From Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
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 F. Colburn (Francis Colburn) Adams
He casts nativities as gamesters do false dice, and by slurring and palming sextile, quartile, and trine, like six, quatre, trois, can throw what chance he pleases.
From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various
