deuce-ace

Then, I am sure, you know how much the gross sum of deuce-ace amounts to.

Love’s Labour ’s Lost 2004

It is sometimes extended by allowing the thrower of the deuce-ace to choose any doublets he likes on the opposite side of the dice, and to throw again.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various

The restriction with regard to the first doublets thrown does not apply to deuce-ace, nor does throwing it remove the restriction with regard to first doublets.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various

If a player cannot play the whole of his throw, his adversary is sometimes allowed to play the unplayed portion, in which cases the caster is sometimes allowed to come in and complete his moves, if he can, and in the event of his having thrown deuce-ace or doublets to throw again.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various

Then, I am sure you know how much the gross sum of deuce-ace amounts to.

Act I. Scene II. Love’s Labour’s Lost 1914

It is like undertaking to throw deuce-ace, say only five hundred successive times, and any other throw to be fatal -- for Bouille.

The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

"My Lord Chesterfield's deuce is deuce-ace," says my Lord March.

The Virginians William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

Nor can I here pass over an ominous circumstance that happened the last time we played together: I only wanted to fling a quatre, and yet I threw deuce-ace five times running.

The Vicar of Wakefield 1766

Then, I am sure, you know how much the gross sum of deuce-ace amounts to.

Love's Labour's Lost 1594

"No," replied he of the Rueful Countenance; "though it may be in the dice that we may throw deuce-ace instead of sixes; but all will depend on thy diligence."

The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Part 09 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581