Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A gambling game in which players bet on the possible combinations of three thrown dice.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Originally a brothel, the Jungle Inn was an open casino offering huge crowds of gamblers craps, a Greek dice game called barbut, chuck-a-luck, roulette, cards, and even bingo for the ladies.
Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011
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Originally a brothel, the Jungle Inn was an open casino offering huge crowds of gamblers craps, a Greek dice game called barbut, chuck-a-luck, roulette, cards, and even bingo for the ladies.
Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011
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Originally a brothel, the Jungle Inn was an open casino offering huge crowds of gamblers craps, a Greek dice game called barbut, chuck-a-luck, roulette, cards, and even bingo for the ladies.
Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011
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Originally a brothel, the Jungle Inn was an open casino offering huge crowds of gamblers craps, a Greek dice game called barbut, chuck-a-luck, roulette, cards, and even bingo for the ladies.
Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011
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In the gambling tents the games included three-card monte, ten-die, strap game, chuck-a-luck, faro, and keno.
Nothing Like It in the World The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 STEPHEN E. AMBROSE 2000
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Beardless youths … try their hands at the ‘Mexican monte,’ ‘high-low’ ‘chuck-a-luck,’ and lose their all.
Nothing Like It in the World The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 STEPHEN E. AMBROSE 2000
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In the gambling tents the games included three-card monte, ten-die, strap game, chuck-a-luck, faro, and keno.
Nothing Like It in the World The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 STEPHEN E. AMBROSE 2000
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Beardless youths … try their hands at the ‘Mexican monte,’ ‘high-low’ ‘chuck-a-luck,’ and lose their all.
Nothing Like It in the World The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 STEPHEN E. AMBROSE 2000
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It sounded a trifle more impressive than my current surroundings, which featured several soldiers playing at chuck-a-luck on the floor, a flea-ridden mongrel asleep by the fire, and a strong smell of hops.
Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992
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The dice and chuck-a-luck seemed ten thousand miles away.
Vigorish Randall Garrett 1957
bilby commented on the word chuck-a-luck
Heard this recently in an episode of 'Foyle's War', which is set in 1940's wartime Britain. Had never heard it previously.
June 22, 2021