chuck-a-luck

[ chuhk-uh-luhk ]

noun

1. a game played with three dice at which the players bet that a certain number will come up on one die, that the three dice will total a certain number, or that the total will be an odd number, even number, a high number, or a low number.

Word History and Origins

Origin of chuck-a-luck¹

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

Example Sentences

You remember how he cleaned out them Maumee Muskrats at chuck-a-luck last pay-day?

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Chuck-a-luck, sweat-cloth, and every species of device for swindling are resorted to by the baser sort.

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At the other end of the table a party of gamblers, with twenty or thirty spectators, were indulging in "Chuck-a-Luck."

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I've often told him that if he'd leave chuck-a-luck alone and save his money he'd be able to dress better'n Gen. Grant.

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They lay for you with sole-leather pies, and chuck-a-luck boards and 40-rod whisky, and aid.

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