ames-ace

I had rather be in this choice than throw ames-ace for my life.

All’s Well That Ends Well 2004

Because he could not help throwing sizes, was he to avoid the dice which for others would only come up ames-ace?

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 Various

I had rather be in this choice than throw ames-ace for my life.

Act II. Scene III. All’s Well that Ends Well 1914

I had rather be in this choice than throw ames-ace for my life.

All's Well That Ends Well 1601

Sir Kit as his second, and carried his message next day to the last of his adversaries: I never saw him in such fine spirits as that day he went out -- sure enough he was within ames-ace of getting quit handsomely of all his enemies; but unluckily, after hitting the toothpick out of his adversary's finger and thumb, he received a ball in a vital part, and was brought home, in little better than an hour after the affair, speechless on a hand-barrow to my lady.

Castle Rackrent Maria Edgeworth 1808

Sir Kit as his second, and carried his message next day to the last of his adversaries: I never saw him in such fine spirits as that day he went out -- sure enough he was within ames-ace of getting quit handsomely of all his enemies; but unluckily, after hitting the tooth-pick out of his adversary's finger and thumb, he received a ball in a vital part, and was brought home, in little better than an hour after the affair, speechless on a hand-barrow, to my lady.

Tales and Novels — Volume 04 Maria Edgeworth 1808