poker dice

American  

noun

1. (used with a plural verb) dice that, instead of being marked with spots, carry on their faces a picture or symbol representing the six highest playing cards: ace, king, queen, jack, ten, nine.

2. (usually used with a singular verb) any of various gambling games played with from three to six such dice.

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poker dice British  

noun

1. a dice marked on its six faces with the pictures of the playing cards from ace to nine

2. a gambling game, based on poker hands, played with five such dice

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Etymology

Origin of poker dice

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Example Sentences

Poker dice, for the benefit of the uninitiate, have the Queen on one side in blue, like the Queen in a pack of cards, the King in red and the Knave in black.

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"First-flop poker dice," said Tommy, picking up the leather box which Joe had slammed upon the board, and rattling the five dice in it.

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At one table they were throwing poker dice, but the rest were drinking beer and talking in a desultory way.

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Poker dice are marked with ace, king, queen, jack and ten-spot.

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The public," he said, "is fed up with Texas rancheros in Anzac 'ats and antimacassar trousers playing poker dice with one 'and and keeping a sustained burst of rapid fire against their opponents with the other.

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