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amber gamblers

amber gamblers is the plural of amber gambler.

Meaning of amber gambler

Noun

amber gambler (plural amber gamblers)

  1. (UK, idiomatic) A driver of a road vehicle who accelerates when the traffic lights change from green to amber (instead of stopping, as required by law), gambling that no vehicle will cross his or her path; a driver who starts off when the traffic lights show red and amber together, but not yet green.
    • The sins the foundation has identified include eating at the wheel, becoming a traffic-light hopping "amber gambler" and drinking and driving.2007 December 24, “Drivers warned over the ‘Seven Deadly Sins’”, in Bolton News, UK, retrieved 29 Aug 2011

Questions about amber gamblers

What is amber gamblers the plural of?
Amber gamblers is the plural of amber gambler.

Words near amber gamblers in the dictionary

  1. amber fluid
  2. amber fluids
  3. amber forest cockroach
  4. amber forest cockroaches
  5. amber gambler
  6. amber gamblers
  7. amber greace
  8. amber grease
  9. amber grece
  10. amber greece
  11. amber grese

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