Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A room kept for the purpose of gaming or gambling.
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Examples
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The girls were all got up in their most alluring finery, lounging artlessly in the reception on their couches under the shaded lamps, while Flashy, resplendent in new coat and pants and silk cravat, shuffled the decks in the gaming-room and waited for the gulls-and I'm here to tell you that I did a damned thin trade.
Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010
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It was a slow night in the gaming-room, but all hands to the pumps in the bedrooms by the sound of it; at a few minutes to twelve I got up and sauntered through the grounds to the summer-house, and for some reason my heart was beating fifty to the dozen.
Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010
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Thus mentally prepared, I continue my advance on the gaming-room door.
The mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006
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Thus mentally prepared, I continue my advance on the gaming-room door.
the mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006
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Barras preferred rooms dark, draped in velvet — a gaming-room ambience.
Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe Sandra Gulland 2000
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Barras preferred rooms dark, draped in velvet — a gaming-room ambience.
Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe Sandra Gulland 2000
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It was a slow night in the gaming-room, but all hands to the pumps in the bedrooms by the sound of it; at a few minutes to twelve I got up and sauntered through the grounds to the summer-house, and for some reason my heart was beating fifty to the dozen.
Flashman and The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982
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The girls were all got up in their most alluring finery, lounging artlessly in the reception on their couches under the shaded lamps, while Flashy, resplendent in new coat and pants and silk cravat, shuffled the decks in the gaming-room and waited for the gulls-and I'm here to tell you that I did a damned thin trade.
Flashman And The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982
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It was a slow night in the gaming-room, but all hands to the pumps in the bedrooms by the sound of it; at a few minutes to twelve I got up and sauntered through the grounds to the summer-house, and for some reason my heart was beating fifty to the dozen.
Flashman And The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982
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The girls were all got up in their most alluring finery, lounging artlessly in the reception on their couches under the shaded lamps, while Flashy, resplendent in new coat and pants and silk cravat, shuffled the decks in the gaming-room and waited for the gulls-and I'm here to tell you that I did a damned thin trade.
Flashman and The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982
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