poker dice

American  

noun

1. (used with a plural verb) dice that, instead of being marked with spots, carry on their faces a picture or symbol representing the six highest playing cards: ace, king, queen, jack, ten, nine.

2. (usually used with a singular verb) any of various gambling games played with from three to six such dice.

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poker dice British  

noun

1. a dice marked on its six faces with the pictures of the playing cards from ace to nine

2. a gambling game, based on poker hands, played with five such dice

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Etymology

Origin of poker dice

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Example Sentences

Trying to call this is a bit like a game I used to play with my kids, poker dice, where you roll five dice and it is completely random what you end up with.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2025

Whitehouse also inquired whether Kavanaugh “participated in any form of gambling or game of chance or skill with monetary stakes, including but not limited to poker, dice, golf, sports betting, blackjack, and craps.”

From Salon • Sep. 13, 2018

It was three days ago that Harvey had won two hundred francs from me shaking poker dice in the New York Bar.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

So we rolled poker dice out of a deep leather dice-cup.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

It was poker dice now, having begun as razzle dazzle.

From Wolf Breed by Gregory, Jackson