CRAPS
ADJECTIVES
► ALL DAY in craps: said of a bet that is in effect until the shooter rolls his point or a seven → 1983 US sl.
INTERJECTIONS
► BABY NEEDS A PAIR OF SHOES! an exclamation of crapshooters, suggesting that one has expenses to meet; used to summon good luck → 1918 US sl.
► MAN OVERBOARD! an exclamation used for announcing in craps that the dice or a die are off the table → 1985 US sl.
► UP JUMPED THE DEVIL! an exclamation used to express dismay at the toss of a seven by a craps player trying to make his point → 1950 US sl.
NOUNS
► ABYSSINIAN POLO the game of craps → 1942 Amer. jocular usage
► ACE-DOUCHE a first roll of three → 1999 US sl.
► ACES IN BOTH PLACES a roll of two → 1999 US sl.
► ACEY-DEUCEY a roll of a one and a two → 1974 US sl.
► ACTION a crap game or other game of chance → 20C Amer. sl.
► ADA FROM DECATUR the eight point → 1918 Amer. sl.
► ADA ROSS the eight point → 1918 US sl.
► ADA ROSS THE STABLE BOSS ► ADA ROSS THE STABLE HOSS the eight point → 1940s US sl.
► AFRICAN BONES the game of craps → 1920s US sl.
► AFRICAN DOMINOES the game of craps → 1919 Amer. dial.
► AFRICAN GOLF the game of craps → 1919 Amer. dial.
► AFRICAN PILLS the game of craps → 1910s US sl.
► AFRICAN POOL the game of craps → 1919 Amer. jocular usage, usually offensive
► ALL DAY said of a bet that is in effect until the shooter rolls his point or a seven → 1983 US sl.
► ALLEY CRAPS a spontaneous, loosely organized, private game of craps, rarely played in an alley → 1977 US sl.
► ANNIE FROM ARKANSAS an eight → 1993 US sl.
► APOSTLES, THE a roll of twelve → 1999 US sl.
► ARMY CRAPS a game of craps in which the shooter serves as the banker → 1984 US sl.
► AUNT JEMIMA a particular point, perhaps three → 1909 US sl.
► AUSTRALIAN YO a roll of three; a roll of three is rarely a good thing, and is usually best face-down; if a three is face-down, an eleven is face-up; eleven is ‘yo’ with the three thus ‘down-under the yo’ → 1999 US sl.
► BAD NEWS the losing throw of three in craps dice → 1930s sl., orig. US
► BASEBALL BUM the number nine → 1949 US sl.
► BIG BEN the point ten → 1962 US sl.
► BIG DICK a ten rolled with the dice in craps → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
► BIG JOE FROM BOSTON a ten → 1957 US sl.
► BOTH WAYS a bet in craps both that the shooter will win and that the shooter will lose → 1950 US sl.
► BOXCARS a throw of twelve on the dice; the point of 12 in craps dice → 1909 Amer. sl.
► CAROLINA a nine → 1950 US sl.
► CARPS the game of craps → 1901 Amer. dial.
► CHESTER AND ESTHER a bet on any craps and eleven → 1985 US sl.
► COCK-EYES a three → 1968 US sl.
► CONGO CROQUET craps → 1926 US sl. (Bk.)
► DANGLE ROLL a losing throw of the dice in craps → 1990s African-American sl.
► DOUBLE NICKELS a roll of ten made with a pair of fives → 1999 US sl.
► E AND T a one-roll bet on eleven and twelve → 1983 US sl.
► EASY in craps: a point made by a combination other than a matched pair → 1996 US sl.
► EASY SIX the point of six in craps → 20C US gambling sl.
► EASY WAY scored in any fashion other than a pair; said of an even-numbered point in craps → 1974 US sl.
► EIGHTER FROM DECATUR the point of eight in craps → 1910s US gambling sl.
► EYES, THE in craps: a roll of two → 1999 US sl.
► FIVER the number five → 1985 US sl.
► FIVER, FIVER, RACETRACK DRIVER the number five → 1985 US sl.
► GAG a bet that the shooter will make his even-numbered point in pairs → 1950 US sl.
► HORSES misspotted dice used for cheating → 1894 Amer. sl.
► INDOOR GOLF the game of craps → 1920s US sl.
► JOE COTTON the point of eight in craps → 1910s US sl.
► LITTLE DICK (FISHER) a four → 1957 US sl.
► LITTLE FOUR the point of four in craps → 20C US gambling sl.
► LITTLE JOE a roll of four in craps → 1890 US sl.
► MANNA FROM HEAVEN the throw of 11→ 2000s US sl.
► MISSISSIPPI MARBLES dice; the game of craps → 1920 US sl.
► MISSISSIPPI MULE the game of craps → 1920s US sl.
► NATURAL 1. a winning combination in craps → 1912 Amer. sl.
2. a winning roll of seven on the first toss → 1962 US sl.
► NICK in craps: a winning roll of seven on the first toss → 1962 US sl.
► NICKEL GAME a game of craps in which the true and correct odds are paid → 1950 US sl.
► NICKELS in craps: a roll of two fives → 1983 US sl.
► NIGGER GOLF the game of craps → 1910s US sl., derogatory
► NINA FROM CAROLINA in craps: a roll of nine or the nine point → 1939 US sl.
► NINA FROM PASADENA in craps: a roll of nine or the nine point → 1939 US sl.
► NINETY DAYS in craps; the point of nine → 1911 US gambling sl.
► ORPHAN in craps: a bet on the table that a gambler has forgotten belongs to him → 1981 US sl.
► PRAYER MEETING a game of dice, a crap game → 1940 US sl.
► QUAIL a twenty-five cent betting token used in craps → 1983 US sl.
► QUININE the number nine → 1950 US sl.
► RABBIT TRACKS a six rolled with a pair of threes → 1985 US sl.
► SAVANNAH in craps: a seven → 1983 US sl.
► SICE the point and number six → 1950 US sl.
► SISTER HIX a six → 1983 US sl.
► SKINNY DUGAN any combination of seven → 1985 US sl.
► SNAKE EYES the point or the roll of two → 1929 Amer. sl.
► WHIRL BET in craps: a one-roll bet on 2, 3, 7, 11, and 12 → 1961 US sl.
► WINNERS dice that haven been altered so as to roll numbers other than seven, useful to the shooter in craps → 1950 US sl.
► WRONG in craps: a bet against the shooter → 1974 US sl.
► YO a roll of eleven → 1999 US sl.
► YOLANDA a roll of eleven → 1999 US sl.
► ZIPPER RIPPER in craps: a roll of ten → 1999 US sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► AFRICAN GOLFER a crap-shooter → 1910s US sl.
► GUNNER the person shooting the dice in craps → 1930s US sl.
► RACK MAN an official in a crap game who deals with making change, paying winners, etc.→ 1930s sl.
► WRONGLE in craps; a person who bets against the shooter → 1974 US sl.
VERBS
► ACE-DEUCE to sustain a heavy loss → 1987 US sl.
► FADE to take one’s bet; to cover one’s offered bet → 1890 Amer. sl.
► HORSE to shoot dice idly for no stakes → 1946 US sl.
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