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  • noun a gambler who throws dice in the game of craps

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Examples

  • McSame is a crap-shooter, and doubtless he's lost more than he's won.

    Election Central Morning Roundup 2009

  • Maybe you don't recollect I'm about the champion crap-shooter of this town.

    Tales of the Jazz Age 1922

  • Maybe you don't recollect I'm about the champion crap-shooter of this town.

    Tales of the Jazz Age 1918

  • He had acquired proficiency as a crap-shooter only to find that the profession was not regarded as an honorable one; he had invested heavily in pins and pencils and tried to peddle them out on the avenue, only to find himself sternly taken in hand by a determined lady who talked to him about minors and street trades.

    Calvary Alley Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice 1906

  • Accordingly, the windward western slopes of the mountains is much crap-shooter supplied with moisture, than the jumbo arid district located on the leeward side of the shower track of mountains.

    Article directories Celibataire Urbaine 2010

  • Hearken Up: You be versed crap-shooter than anyone else that you indigence to contrive master b crush in figure, that’s the gluteus maximus line, am I well guys and girls?

    TWQ: Five Ways To Escape A Zombie Invasion 2009

  • Maybe you don’t recollect I’m about the champion crap-shooter of this town.

    Tales of the Jazz Age 2003

  • "It was the crystal set waves," Van Slyke said "You'd entertain the idea I'd procure adjusted crap-shooter to this good of obsession at hand again

    Social Media Firehose 2009

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