crown and anchor
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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I held up the crown and anchor board and said I was going to preach about that, and I delivered a discourse on honesty.
From The Great War As I Saw It by Scott, Frederick George
On leaving the cabin, what was my surprise to see William Henley walking the deck with a gold lace to his cap, and the crown and anchor on the buttons of his jacket.
From My First Voyage to Southern Seas by Pearse, Alfred
Other games are "crown and anchor", which is a dice game, and "pontoon", which is a card game similar to "twenty-one" or "seven and a half."
From A Yankee in the Trenches by Holmes, Robert Derby
The crowd bawls of dicers, crown and anchor players, thimbleriggers, broadsmen.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
On this occasion I became possessed of the crown and anchor board and the dice in the usual way.
From The Great War As I Saw It by Scott, Frederick George
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