Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A box from which dice are thrown in gaming, usually in the form of a cylinder contracted in the middle.
- noun A species of insulator for telegraph-wires, shaped like a box for throwing dice, along the axis of which the wire is carried.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A box from which dice are thrown in gaming.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
box from whichdice are thrown in gaming.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small container (open at one end) in which dice are shaken by hand and from which they are thrown
Etymologies
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Examples
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This seemed now the general purpose; for, leaving each other in comparative freedom from attack, they came forward one by one and pitted their purses, great and small, against Sergius, who sat pouring down wine and shaking the dicebox, while he called each by name, and contended against him.
The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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For any other I would not care to shake the dicebox three times, though I might feel sure to win. '
The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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It needed but gentle violence to push him back again upon his seat, and to replace the dicebox in his hand.
The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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'Stay!' exclaimed the proconsul Sardesus, who, of all the party had not as yet touched the dicebox.
The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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"Early showers!" and there was a note in our voices brought there by the thought of that gaunt figure at the well -- rattling its dicebox as it waited for one more round with our
We of the Never-Never Jeannie Gunn 1915
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Then he rattled two dice in a dicebox and said to him:
Penguin Island Anatole France 1884
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I shuddered as in a pleasant, quiet voice the correct Miss Mannersley warbled in musical praise of the PELLEJO, or wineskin, and a eulogy of the dicebox came caressingly from her thin red lips.
Selected Stories of Bret Harte Bret Harte 1869
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The heart throws your dicebox; not prudent parents. '
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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The heart throws your dicebox; not prudent parents. '
Beauchamp's Career — Complete George Meredith 1868
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The heart throws your dicebox; not prudent parents. '
Beauchamp's Career — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868
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