dice
plural noun
small cubes of plastic, ivory, bone, or wood, marked on each side with one to six spots, usually used in pairs in games of chance or in gambling.
had diced
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past perfectof dice.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The exhausted army of his enemies, who had diced the night before, now spent the hours of darkness sleepless again, standing to arms or in their councils.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
The ship the Trinity was left to seven of the gang who had diced away all their money.
From On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. by John Masefield
He had diced with the gods, and he had won.
From The Rocks of Valpre by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
The Lord Lieutenant seemed to have thrown off the load which had bowed down his body and mind; he drank; he jested; he was again the Dick Talbot who had diced and revelled with Grammont.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
This was the sole remaining aspiration of Bertrand de Montville—the man who in the arrogance of his youth had diced with the gods, and had lost the cast.
From The Rocks of Valpre by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
