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chuck-a-luck

chuck-a-luck noun: a game of chance in which players bet on combinations of three dice.

Noun

chuck-a-luck (uncountable)

  1. A game of chance in which players bet on combinations of three dice.
    • Mumble-the-peg, poker, fuzzy-guzzy, chuck-a-luck and other innocent amusements if not taught to children, were the principal social events […]1991, Don Hampton Biggers, Buffalo Guns & Barbed Wire: Two Frontier Accounts, page 133

Synonyms of chuck-a-luck

Forms of chuck-a-luck

alternative formchuck-luck
alternative formchuckle-luck

Questions about chuck-a-luck

What does chuck-a-luck mean?
Chuck-a-luck means a game of chance in which players bet on combinations of three dice.
What part of speech is chuck-a-luck?
Chuck-a-luck is a noun.

Words near chuck-a-luck in the dictionary

  1. chuck up
  2. chuck up the sponge
  3. chuck wagon
  4. chuck wagons
  5. chuck you Farley
  6. chuck-a-luck
  7. chuck-farthing
  8. chuck-full
  9. chuck-in
  10. chuck-ins
  11. chuck-luck

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