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[US] Word for the Wise 31 Aug. [US radio script] A three is known as both acey-deucey and bad news.
at ace-deuce, n.1
[US] Word for the Wise 31 Aug. [US radio script] A three is known as both acey-deucey and bad news.
at bad news, n.
[US] Word for the Wise 31 Aug. [US radio script] The slang boxcars comes from the resemblance of a pair of sixes to roofed freight cars.
at boxcars, n.
[US] Word for the Wise 31 Aug. [US radio script] That same drive to rhyme inspired twin fins for a roll of two fives.
at fin, n.2
[US] Word for the Wise 31 Aug. [US radio script] The very desirable roll of five and six—ye olde eleven—is also known as manna from heaven.
at manna from heaven, n.
[US] Word for the Wise 31 Aug. [radio script] A roll of six has a number of names, ranging from sixie from Dixie to Sister Hicks and Jimmy Hicks.
at jimmy hix, n.
[US] Word for the Wise 31 Aug. [US radio script] The slang boxcars comes from the resemblance of a pair of sixes to roofed freight cars. It’s easy to see how that roll then picked up the nickname hobo’s delight on a rainy night.
at hobo’s delight (on a rainy night) (n.) under hobo, n.
[US] Word for the Wise 31 Aug. [US radio script] Next on our countdown is a roll of five [...] Then comes four, with the mysterious nickname Little Joe.
at little Joe (n.) under little, adj.
[US] Word for the Wise 31 Aug. [US radio script] That same drive to rhyme inspired twin fins for a roll of two fives; two fives are also known as puppy paws.
at puppy paws (n.) under puppy, n.
[US] Word for the Wise 31 Aug. [US radio script] A five and a four is called strychnine or quinine, or sometimes Nina from Pasadena. Losing one from Nina from Pasadena yields an Eighter from Decatur.
at quinine, n.
[US] Word for the Wise 31 Aug. [US radio script] The low roll of two is dubbed two bad boys from Illinois, cat eyes, and perhaps the best known nickname in the world of dicing: snake eyes.
at two bad boys from Illinois (n.) under two, adj.
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