† tallmann.
Obsolete Cant.
In plural. Dice loaded so as to turn up high numbers.
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stop-dice1540
bar1545
flat1545
gourd1545
barred dicec1555
bristle-dicec1555
fulhamc1555
graviersc1555
high manc1555
langretc1555
low manc1555
cheat1567
dice of vantage?1577
demy1591
forger1591
squarier1592
tallmen?1592
stop cater trey1605
demi-bar1606
downhill1664
high runner1670
low runner1670
doctor1688
tat1688
uphill1699
cut1711
loaded dice1771
dispatcher1798
dispatch1819
miss-out1928
?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda sig. D3 Pist. Heere are tall men and little men. Iulio. Hie men and low men, thou wouldst say.
1606 No-body & Some-body sig. I2v Fulloms and gourds: heeres tall-men & low-men.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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