chuck-a-luck [chuhk-uh-luhk] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- 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.
Myrta Lockett Avary
“Chuck-a-luck,” said Texas, whose ideas of recreation were the gamester’s.
O. Henry
Chuck-a-luck was strictly prohibited in camp, but it was next to impossible to keep the men from playing it.
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.
John McElroy
Bear Creek demanded of an Ishmael who lived precariously by chuck-a-luck.
Alfred Henry Lewis