chuck-a-luck

[ chuhk-uh-luhk ]

/ ˈtʃʌk əˌlʌk /

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noun

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.

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Also chuck-luck

[chuhk-luhk]. /ˈtʃʌkˌlʌk/.

Origin of chuck-a-luck

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

Words nearby chuck-a-luck

Chubut, Chuchchi, Chu Chiang, Ch'ü Ch'iu-pai, chuck, chuck-a-luck, Chuckchi, chucker, chucker-out, chuck-full, chuckhole

How to use chuck-a-luck in a sentence

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Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.
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By the time it concluded with a sing-a-long of “XO,” Beyoncé had done the rare thing.
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In another year, stories about the strange new face of an A-list actress might draw chortles and cackles.
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And good luck getting the song (and music video) to “Chandelier” out of your head.
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Now-a-days it is the bankrupt who flouts, and his too confiding creditors who are jeered and laughed at.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
G was a gamester, who had but ill-luck; H was a Hunter, who hunted a buck.
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He felt himself the meanest, vilest thing a-crawl upon this sinful earth, and she—dear God!
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
All that scientific bric-a-brac in the cupboard had far better be thrown away.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
I wouldn't go on if I were you, sir; the luck's dead against you to-night; I wouldn't go on, indeed I wouldn't.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills