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poker dice

noun

  1. (used with a plural verb) dice that, instead of being marked with spots, carry on their faces a picture or symbol representing the six highest playing cards: ace, king, queen, jack, ten, nine.
  2. (usually used with a singular verb) any of various gambling games played with from three to six such dice.


poker dice

noun

  1. a dice marked on its six faces with the pictures of the playing cards from ace to nine
  2. a gambling game, based on poker hands, played with five such dice
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of poker dice1

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
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Example Sentences

At one table they were throwing poker dice, but the rest were drinking beer and talking in a desultory way.

Poker dice are marked with ace, king, queen, jack and ten-spot.

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