faites vos jeuxint.
Place your bets (an instruction given by croupiers at a roulette game).
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rien ne va plus1838
faites vos jeux1867
les jeux sont faits1922
1867 ‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags I. ix. 183 Brains..let themselves be lulled with the monotone of ‘Faites votre jeu’ [sic].
1904 A. Bennett Great Man xxv. 273 ‘Faites vos jeux, messieurs,’ said the chief croupier... Yes, he was at Monte Carlo.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 477 Sieurs et dames, faites vos jeux! (..Tiny roulette planets fly from his hands.) Les jeux sont faits!
1963 G. Greene Sense of Reality 113 ‘Faites vos jeux, messieurs,’ the croupiers cried.
1964 A. Wykes Gambling ix. 217 At the beginning of each round the croupier invites players to place their bets with the phrase faites vos jeux.
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