chuck-a-luck

noun

A game of chance in which players bet on combinations of three dice.

Meanings

nounchuck-a-luck (uncountable)

alternative chuck-luck · alternative chuckle-luck

  1. uncountableA 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: birdcage, sweat-cloth

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA game of chance in which players bet on combinations of three dice.

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