shake one's elbow

verb

To gamble with dice.

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Meanings

verbshake one's elbow (third-person singular simple present shakes one's elbow, present participle shaking one's elbow, simple past shook one's elbow, past participle shaken one's elbow)

present singular third person shakes one's elbow · participle present shaking one's elbow · past shook one's elbow · participle past shaken one's elbow

  1. archaicslangTo gamble with dice.

    Come with me this very moment, I will take you to a house where you will see him shaking his elbow in good earnest.

    1837, Blackwood's Magazine, volume 41, page 520
    1 more example

    When a little after as I passed by (the publick Kitchen just before mentioned) I saw him shaking his Elbow over a Gaming Table.

    1739, George Whitefield, The Life ... of ... G. W., page 93
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