[Ads-l] Antedating of Dice Terms

[Bill Mullins]

>   ace deuce (OED 1891)  1890 Daily Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 7 Nov. 4/2

1884 South-Bend Saturday Tribune 12 Apr 7/5 [genealogybank.com]

He threw several times, and every time the dice came out ace, deuce.


>   shoot, v. (dice) (OED, to shoot craps, 1903; to shoot dice, 1909)  1876 Natchez (Miss.) Democrat 20 Feb. 2/2

1873 St. Albans Daily Messenger 31 May 2 [genealogybank.com]

Two coach drivers in a neighboring funeral shot dice for precedence in the line, which was much better than knocking each other down.

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