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edge noun- in gambling, a statistical advantage, usually expressed as a percentage US, 1977
- To me, it’s simple. You got the edge. Use it. — Gary Mayer, Bookie, p. 88, 1974
- By the time the tax people take their bite off the top you have a 20 perecent “Edge” working against you. — Mario Puzo, Inside Las Vegas, p. 46, 1977
- The house edge in “even money” bets in roulette (European rules) is 1.35% — David Bennet, Know Your Bets, p. 34, 2001
- antagonism; a tension arising from mutual dislike UK
- There is a bit or regional edge to all this. The “Redhill Crowd” are just a bit miffed about being beaten by the “Midlands Mafia”. — The Telegraph Sunday Magazine, 19 August 1979
- a knife, used or intended for use as a weapon US
- — David Claerbaut, Black Jargon in White America, p. 63, 1972
- an urban area with bars, nightclubs, and prostitution US
- Since I was getting one vine out of every four from the three girls, my wardrobe was now twice as large as any nigger’s on the edge. — A.S. Jackson, Gentleman Pimp, p. 32, 1973
▶ on edge very tense, nervy, anxious UK, 1870- With Brussels on edge as it awaits tomorrow’s reports on fraud allegations at the EU statistics agency Eurostat, there is a whiff of blood in the air. — The Guardian, 22 September 2003
▶ on the edge in gambling, out of funds; broke US- — Richard Jessup, The Cincinnati Kid, p. 127, 1963
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