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snake eyes
noun- in dice games, a roll of two one’s US, 1929
A visual metaphor. - — Lou Shelly, Hepcats Jive Talk Dictionary, p. 33, 1945
- A one turned up on each of the cubes and stayed that way. “Snake eyes!” a couple of the men yelled. — Willard Motley, Knock on Any Door, p. 278, 1947
- Abie the Jew bet the dice to win or lose, barring box cars and snake-eyes. — Chester Himes, A Rage in Harlem, p. 26, 1957
- — Frank Garcia, Marked Cards and Loaded Dice, p. 264, 1962
- Snake eyes! Hoooeee, Cheswicker, where does that put you? That don’t put you on my Marvin Gardens by any chance? — Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, p. 111, 1962
- So I wasn’t surprised / when he rolled snake eyes. — Lightnin’ Rod, Hustlers Convention, p. 61, 1973
- Way it is now C.K.’s natural seven done look like old snake-eyes. — Terry Southern, Texas Summer, p. 164, 1991
- The thrower lost immediately if he threw double six, double one (snake eyes) or two and one–these are difficult to repeat and are called craps. — Brian McDonald, Elephant Boys, p. 202, 2000
- in dominoes, the 1–1 piece US
- — Dominic Armanino, Dominoes, p. 17, 1959
- in poker, a pair of aces US
- — George Percy, The Language of Poker, p. 84, 1988
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