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gambling house

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noun

a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.

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Origin of gambling house

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby gambling house

Gambier Islands, gambit, gamble, gamblers' fallacy, gambling, gambling house, gamboge, gambol, gambrel, gambrel roof, Gambrinus

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Example sentences from the Web for gambling house

He used to be a runner for a gambling-house, and followed this business as long as he could keep sober enough to do it.
Plane and Plank|Oliver Optic
T is the same whichever way you turn, whether you were going to church or the gambling-house.
The Daltons, Volume II (of II)|Charles James Lever
They had run a gambling-house on the sly—he as the card-sharper, she as the decoy.
Cleek, the Master Detective|Thomas W. Hanshew
It was the first time Cheyenne had seen Sears since he had taken the single room opposite the gambling-house.
Partners of Chance|Henry Herbert Knibbs

This practice I continued until by an unforeseen chance I was among those arrested in a raid upon a gambling-house.
The Mystery of the Hidden Room|Marion Harvey

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