white chip
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of white chip
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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On poker night she’s the only woman among us; I watch her narrow her eyes as she checks her tightly held cards and slides a white chip sharply forward with her index finger.
From The New Yorker • May 20, 2013
At this stage of the 1940 game, no other candidate except Roosevelt has even one white chip.
From Time Magazine Archive
Our exchange may be termed a white chip trading rendezvous for stocks.
From Time Magazine Archive
A blue chip bought a peanut; a white chip a slice of banana.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Give me one card, Joe; mostly kings," he requested as he pushed in his one white chip.
From Five Thousand an Hour : how Johnny Gamble won the heiress by Chester, George Randolph
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