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marbles
noun- dice US
- — Frank Garcia, Marked Cards and Loaded Dice, 1962
- — Thomas L. Clark, The Dictionary of Gambling and Gaming, p. 126, 1987
- money, cash, salary UK, 1864
Theatrical. - The big marbles are not earned at the Festival Theatres or the Old Vic — uncredited example, A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 1984
▶ all the marbles
used as a symbol of complete success US, 1924- — American Speech, p. 294, Autumn-Winter 1975: “The jargon of barbershop”
- This was for all the marbles, the African club championship. — Bill Cardoso, The Maltese Sangweech, p. 298, 1984
▶ hand in your marbles
to give up; to die AUSTRALIA, 1908
Variant forms are built on the verb: “toss in your marbles”, “throw in your marbles, etc”.- But there is one thing I wish I had achieved before I handed in my marbles and jumped the twig. — Barry Humphries, A Nice Night’s Entertainment, p. 166, 1978
▶ in the marbles
in motor racing, in the outside portion of a curve where there is less traction US- — Lewis Poteet, Car & Motorcyle Slang, p. 127, 1992
▶ lose your marbles
to become insane, to lose your mind US, 1902- I actually thought I was about to permanently lose my marbles. — Wayne Anthony, Spanish Highs, p. 50, 1999
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