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Definition of Gamblers
1. gambler [n] - See also: gambler
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gamblers
Literary usage of Gamblers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1906)
"STOCK-gamblers AS MANAGERS OF RAILROADS. BT STEPHEN H. ALLEN. THE INEFFICIENT
management and unjust discriminations of great railroad corporations are the ..."
2. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"INDIAN gamblers — THEIR GAMES OF SKILL AND CHANCE — DRUNKENNESS — SCENES FROM
... Indian gamblers — A Favorite Pastime — Preparation* for the Game — The ..."
3. Parody in Jewish Literature by Israel Davidson (1907)
"П). After these poems comes the book proper, giving the history of Purim in the
Judéo-Arabie dialect (p. i—32). The Verses Against gamblers, and a wine-song ..."
4. A Diary in America,: With Remarks on Its Institutions. by Frederick Marryat (1839)
"The steam-boats were soon crowded by a description of people who were termed
gamblers, as such was their ostensible profession, although they were ready for ..."
5. An Exposure of the Arts and Miseries of Gambling: Designed Especially as a by Jonathan Harrington Green (1845)
"A number of persons assailed a gambling house, when some of the gamblers shot
one of the citizens and killed him. The mob increased, and five persons, ..."
6. Old Times on the Upper Mississippi: The Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot by George Byron Merrick (1909)
"It was these belts which the professional gamblers sought to lighten. Occasionally
they did strike a fool who thought he knew more about cards than the man ..."
7. History of the Grange Movement: Or, The Farmer's War Against Monopolies by James Dabney McCabe (1874)
"A Railroad gamblers' Plot—The New York Gold Clique make War on the Farmers—The
attempt to lock up Money—Trouble in the New York Stock Market—A Railroad the ..."
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