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gambling
has definitions from the field of games
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[ noun ] (games) the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
Examples "his gambling cost him a fortune" "there was heavy play at the blackjack table" Used in print (George Harmon Coxe, Error of Judgement....)Since then he had worked_at this and that , though some said his main interest was gambling . He wondered whether Needham was going_to swear_off gambling and get a steady job or whether he was counting_on the income from Betty 's estate to subsidize him . Related terms diversion vice bet sporting_life game_of_chance throw unlicensed_gambling play bet_on play |
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[ adjective ] (games) preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance
Synonyms Examples "led a dissipated life" "a betting man" "a card-playing son of a bitch" "a gambling fool" "sporting gents and their ladies" Related terms |
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