galloping dominoes

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plural noun Slang.

dice, especially as used in the game of craps.

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Descriptions of armed soldiers and strange beasts galloping across the skies were not uncommon.
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And in response, conservatives have been saying that doing so will produce galloping inflation and destroy our economy.
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The Pony Express stopped galloping in the mid-1800s, and the train system was booming.
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“Sometimes Fazlullah appeared galloping in on a black horse,” Malala writes.
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So, again, I hope the Democrats in the Senate take note of the dominoes that are tumbling here because they stood together.
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And he was gone, and out of sight on the swift galloping Benito, before Father Gaspara bethought himself.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
Presently there was a clattering of hoofs behind him, and Ribsy came galloping along the road, with nothing on him but his collar.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
We nearly played our horses out galloping around looking for you—after we'd gone a mile or so, and you didn't catch up.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Jumping up, he presented at the giraffe, which was galloping off about two hundred yards ahead.
Hunting the Lions|R.M. Ballantyne
Galloping back by himself, he attempted to save the piece, but the enemy's horse swept down and captured him.
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