deuce-ace

• “The restriction with regard to the first doublets thrown does not apply to deuce-ace, nor does throwing it remove the restriction with regard to first doublets.”

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"

• “If a player cannot play the whole of his throw, his adversary is sometimes allowed to play the unplayed portion, in which cases the caster is sometimes allowed to come in and complete his moves, if he can, and in the event of his having thrown deuce-ace or doublets to throw again.”

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"

• “It is sometimes extended by allowing the thrower of the deuce-ace to choose any doublets he likes on the opposite side of the dice, and to throw again.”

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"

• “Then, I am sure you know how much the gross sum of deuce-ace amounts to.”

  Act I. Scene II. Love’s Labour’s Lost

• “It is like undertaking to throw deuce-ace, say only five hundred successive times, and any other throw to be fatal -- for Bouille.”

  The French Revolution

• “My Lord Chesterfield's deuce is deuce-ace," says my Lord March.”

  The Virginians

• “Nor can I here pass over an ominous circumstance that happened the last time we played together: I only wanted to fling a quatre, and yet I threw deuce-ace five times running.”

  The Vicar of Wakefield

• “Then, I am sure, you know how much the gross sum of deuce-ace amounts to.”

  Love's Labour's Lost

• “No," replied he of the Rueful Countenance; "though it may be in the dice that we may throw deuce-ace instead of sixes; but all will depend on thy diligence.”

  The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Part 09

• “Then, I am fure, you know how much the grofs fiim of deuce-ace amounts to.”

  Internet Archive: The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of ...

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