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craps
[ kraps ]
noun
, (usually used with a singular verb)
- a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
craps
/ kræps /
noun
- a gambling game using two dice, in which a player wins the bet if 7 or 11 is thrown first, and loses if 2, 3, or 12 is thrown
- shoot crapsto play this game
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Word History and Origins
Origin of craps1
First recorded in 1835–45, Americanism; apparently from French craps, variant of crabs “double-ace” (lowest throw at the game of hazard), from 18th-century English slang; crab 1( def 7a )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of craps1
C19: probably from crabs lowest throw at dice, plural of crab 1
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Example Sentences
Craps was just too risky, and—in a far stretch—this was meant as a way to measure how my father would govern.
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Craps, played by these free-handed sons of the open, had more of a punch than he had imagined possible.
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At Craps, I fear, my hand in late years had lost much of its cunning.
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At Craps, I fear, my hand in late years has lost much of its cunning.
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The now practically obsolete game of Hazard was much more complicated than Craps.
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