chuck-a-luck









chuck-a-luck


chuck-a-luck [chuhk-uh-luhk] ExamplesWord Origin noun

  1. a game played with three dice at which the players bet that a certain number will come up on one die, that the three dice will total a certain number, or that the total will be an odd number, even number, a high number, or a low number.

Also chuck-luck [chuhk-luhk] /ˈtʃʌkˌlʌk/. Origin of chuck-a-luck An Americanism dating back to 1830–40 Examples from the Web for chuck-a-luck Historical Examples of chuck-a-luck

  • Hazard, chuck-a-luck and other games of chance were played there.

    Dixie After the War

    Myrta Lockett Avary

  • “Chuck-a-luck,” said Texas, whose ideas of recreation were the gamester’s.

    Heart of the West

    O. Henry

  • Chuck-a-luck was strictly prohibited in camp, but it was next to impossible to keep the men from playing it.

    Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6)

    John McElroy

  • Chuck-a-luck is one of the fairest of gambling games, when fairly played, which it rarely or never is by a professional gambler.

    Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6)

    John McElroy

  • Bear Creek demanded of an Ishmael who lived precariously by chuck-a-luck.

    The Sunset Trail

    Alfred Henry Lewis

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