snake eyes
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of snake eyes
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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As the music begins, brooding electric-guitar chords, she reveals her snake eyes and fangs before crawling out of the mouth of a large serpent that recently slithered out of its skin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
“No, you were lucky. And the statistics will catch up with you. And you will roll the dice, and they will come up snake eyes one of these times.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2022
Only then did I remember my own cell, so I checked for motel listings in Keyser and came up snake eyes.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2018
If the draft is a crapshoot in general, is landing on a lineman akin to trying to roll snake eyes?
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2017
The magpies flapped away, but, unfazed, the cat merely halted and settled down, tail wrapped comfortably around itself, contemplating Joe through unperturbed, sleepyish snake eyes.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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