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The Arts and Miseries of Gambling choose

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[US] J.H. Green Arts and Miseries of Gambling 70: They couldn’t get Mr. Consequence to bet more than a bit ‘ante’.
at ante, n.
[US] J.H. Green Arts and Miseries of Gambling 217: There is another fraud practised on men who cannot be enticed into a game at cards [...] this trick is called dropping the pigeon.
at pigeon drop, n.
[US] J.H. Green Arts and Miseries of Gambling 307: O, truly is the gaming-house denominated a ‘hell’.
at hell, n.
[US] J.H. Green Arts and Miseries of Gambling 75: A gambler got to playing with a man whom he mistook for a green Hoosier, that knew nothing of playing scientifically.
at hoosier, n.
[US] J.H. Green Arts and Miseries of Gambling 128: Thus, if a man bets on the ace and deuce, and the ace comes to his side, and the deuce to the dealer’s side, it is a stand-off, and neither wins.
at stand-off, n.
[US] J.H. Green Arts and Miseries of Gambling 121: When cards are prepared [...] they are called strippers.
at strippers, n.
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