Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who plays at dice; a dicer.
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Examples
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He took the chaplet from his head and gave it to the dice-player.
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"On such evenings," he continued, "I admit my guests myself, and they wear masks when they come, for though my servants are dismissed to their quarters, and would certainly not betray me for a dice-player, they might let drop the names of my friends if they saw them from an upper window."
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The Mishna states that a dice-player is disqualified to testify in a Jewish court.
unknown title 2009
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The Mishna states that a dice-player is disqualified to testify in a Jewish court.
unknown title 2009
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The Mishna states that a dice-player is disqualified to testify in a Jewish court.
unknown title 2009
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The Mishna states that a dice-player is disqualified to testify in a Jewish court.
unknown title 2009
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The Mishna states that a dice-player is disqualified to testify in a Jewish court.
unknown title 2009
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The Mishna states that a dice-player is disqualified to testify in a Jewish court.
unknown title 2009
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_praestigium_ (_-ii_) too: the juggler himself (dice-player, rope-walker, "strong man," etc.) was called _praestigiator_ (_-oris_).
Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926
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In Egypt, ` every man was easily admitted to the accusation of a gamester or dice-player; and if the person was convicted, he was sent to work in the quarries. '[
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