Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
ambes-ace .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Double aces, the lowest throw of all at dice. Hence: Bad luck; anything of no account or value.
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Examples
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If ambs-ace; then, A brace of devils broil me! will they say.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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He told us that twenty chance devils very much feared in our country dwelt there in six different storeys, and that the biggest twins or braces of them were called sixes, and the smallest ambs-ace; the rest cinques, quatres, treys, and deuces.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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If ambs-ace; then, A brace of devils broil me! will they say.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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He told us that twenty chance devils very much feared in our country dwelt there in six different storeys, and that the biggest twins or braces of them were called sixes, and the smallest ambs-ace; the rest cinques, quatres, treys, and deuces.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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"If I throw ambs-ace," I said, with a smile for my own caprice, "curse me if I do not take Rolfe's advice!"
To Have and to Hold Mary Johnston 1903
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If ambs-ace; then, A brace of devils broil me! will they say.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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He told us that twenty chance devils very much feared in our country dwelt there in six different storeys, and that the biggest twins or braces of them were called sixes, and the smallest ambs-ace; the rest cinques, quatres, treys, and deuces.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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'risk' shall not be mine, neither; how can I, in the event, throw ambs-ace (is not that the old word?) and not peril _your_ stakes too, when once we have common stock and are partners?
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 Robert Browning 1850
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Indeed, dearest, you shall not have last word as you think, ” all the 'risk' shall not be mine, neither; how can I, in the event, throw ambs-ace (is not that the old word?) and not peril your stakes too, when once we have common stock and are partners?
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Browning, Robert, 1812-1889 1898
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