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Definition of Gambling den
1. Noun. A public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business).
Category relationships: Business, Business Enterprise, Commercial Enterprise
Generic synonyms: Building, Edifice, Business Establishment, Place Of Business
Specialized synonyms: Casino, Gambling Casino
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gambling Den
Literary usage of Gambling den
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Amiable Charlatan: By E. Phillips Oppenheim... with Illustrations by Will by Edward Phillips Oppenheim (1916)
"... II THE COUP IN THE gambling den On seeing us the girl advanced into the room.
I called Mr. Parker's attention to her and he rose at once to his feet. ..."
2. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"gambling den. The term "gambling den" means "a place at which gambling is practiced,
and includes the idea that the place is resorted to for that purpose. ..."
3. The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General Interest Decided by Isaac Grant Thompson, Irving Browne (1876)
"Buckley's' (meaning the plaintiffs) ' gambling den. ... To say of a man that he
keeps a gambling place, or a gambling den, imputes that he keeps a place at ..."
4. Gold Bricks of Speculation: A Study of Speculation and Its Counterfeits, and by John Hill (1904)
"It is a gambling den, and nothing else. It is generally a dishonest gambling den,
for there are few, if any, ..."
5. An Amiable Charlatan: By E. Phillips Oppenheim... with Illustrations by Will by Edward Phillips Oppenheim (1916)
"... II THE COUP IN THE gambling den On seeing us the girl advanced into the room.
I called Mr. Parker's attention to her and he rose at once to his feet. ..."
6. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"gambling den. The term "gambling den" means "a place at which gambling is practiced,
and includes the idea that the place is resorted to for that purpose. ..."
7. The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General Interest Decided by Isaac Grant Thompson, Irving Browne (1876)
"Buckley's' (meaning the plaintiffs) ' gambling den. ... To say of a man that he
keeps a gambling place, or a gambling den, imputes that he keeps a place at ..."
8. Gold Bricks of Speculation: A Study of Speculation and Its Counterfeits, and by John Hill (1904)
"It is a gambling den, and nothing else. It is generally a dishonest gambling den,
for there are few, if any, ..."
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