释义 |
dice-player [See prec.] One who plays or gambles with dice; a dicer.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. vi. 73 Iakke þe iogeloure..And danyel þe dys-playere. 1577tr. Bullinger's Decades (1592) 183 We doe vtterly forbid all bishops..to keepe companie with dice players. 1660Jer. Taylor Duct. Dubit. ii. 471 (L.) A common gamester or dice-player may call himself Christian, but indeed he is not. |