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Definition of Gamesters
1. gamester [n] - See also: gamester
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gamesters
Literary usage of Gamesters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1811)
"THE STATE gamesters; OR THE OLD CARDS NEW PACKED AND SHUFFLED. ... A SET of
gamesters all together met, Some came to play, and others came to bet. ..."
2. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1846)
"He is reckoned a great lawyer among gamesters. ... This John Trevor grew up, and
took in with the gamesters, among whom he was a great proficient: and being ..."
3. England and the English in the Eighteenth Century: Chapters in the Social by William Connor Sydney (1891)
"National mania for gambling in the last century—Whist—The South Sea Bubble—Slate
lotteries—Gambling clubs—Notorious gamesters — The Selwyn ..."
4. Underground: Gambling and Its Horrors. by Thomas Wallace Knox (1876)
"L. GAMING AND gamesters ABROAD. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC SUMMER RESORTS. ... A TRIO
OF CELEBRATED gamesters. THEIR EXTRAORDINARY HISTORY. ..."
5. The American Gentleman by Charles Butler (1839)
"THE CHARACTERS OF gamesters. THE whole tribe of gamesters may be ranked under
two divisions. Every man who makes carding, dicing, and betting his daily ..."
6. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"Vide Go the whole pile (gamesters), an Americanism naturalised in England, to
put all one's money on a solitary chance. Go through one, to (thieves), ..."
7. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1811)
"THE STATE gamesters; OR THE OLD CARDS NEW PACKED AND SHUFFLED. ... A SET of
gamesters all together met, Some came to play, and others came to bet. ..."
8. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1846)
"He is reckoned a great lawyer among gamesters. ... This John Trevor grew up, and
took in with the gamesters, among whom he was a great proficient: and being ..."
9. England and the English in the Eighteenth Century: Chapters in the Social by William Connor Sydney (1891)
"National mania for gambling in the last century—Whist—The South Sea Bubble—Slate
lotteries—Gambling clubs—Notorious gamesters — The Selwyn ..."
10. Underground: Gambling and Its Horrors. by Thomas Wallace Knox (1876)
"L. GAMING AND gamesters ABROAD. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC SUMMER RESORTS. ... A TRIO
OF CELEBRATED gamesters. THEIR EXTRAORDINARY HISTORY. ..."
11. The American Gentleman by Charles Butler (1839)
"THE CHARACTERS OF gamesters. THE whole tribe of gamesters may be ranked under
two divisions. Every man who makes carding, dicing, and betting his daily ..."
12. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"Vide Go the whole pile (gamesters), an Americanism naturalised in England, to
put all one's money on a solitary chance. Go through one, to (thieves), ..."
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