gaming-tables

Pray, my Lady Armida, what did you mean by flinging your spells over me in youth, so that not glory, not fashion, not gaming-tables, not the society of men of wit in whose way I fell, could keep me long from your apron-strings, or out of reach of your dear simple prattle?

The Virginians 2006

He conducted me to a house under the piazzas in Covert Garden, which we entered, and having delivered our swords to a grim fellow who demanded them at the foot of the staircase, ascended to the second story, where I saw multitudes of people standing round two gaming-tables, loaded, in a manner, with gold and silver.

The Adventures of Roderick Random 2004

For some time past he had been winning and losing at the gaming-tables.

The Common Reader, Second Series 2004

It stalked horrifically at his side; stood at his shoulder beside the gaming-tables; its bony fingers rattled the wine-cups.

The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

Yet I am not speaking of the hungry, restless folk who, by scores nay, even by hundreds — could be seen crowded around the gaming-tables.

The Gambler 2003

It stalked horrifically at his side; stood at his shoulder beside the gaming-tables; its bony fingers rattled the wine-cups.

The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

Of course, I am living in constant trepidation, playing for the smallest of stakes, and always looking out for something — calculating, standing whole days by the gaming-tables to watch the play — even seeing that play in my dreams — yet seeming, the while, to be in some way stiffening, to be growing caked, as it were, in mire.

The Gambler 2003

I have a curious, senseless idea that I am bound to win at the gaming-tables.

The Gambler 2003

Among other things, he thought it necessary to remind me that he would be sorry to see me playing at the gaming-tables.

The Gambler 2003

The grandfathers of these scions ruined themselves at the gaming-tables; their fathers were forced to serve as officers or subalterns; some have died just as they were about to be tried for innocent thoughtlessness in the handling of public funds.

The Idiot 2002