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Dice-rolling game in Vegas
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craps
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. (context pluralonly English) a game of gambling, or chance, where the players throw dice to make scores and avoid crap Etymology 2 n. 1 (plural of crap English)Category:English plurals 2 (context pluralonly slang vulgar English) diarrhe v ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1843, American English, unrelated to the term for excrement, instead it is from Louisiana French craps "the game of hazard," from an 18c. continental French corruption of English crabs , which was 18c. slang for "a throw of two or three" (the lowest throw), ...
Usage examples of craps.
Iris with a small, set, misty smile ignoring the fact that Pete Chew was gaping wistfully at her from the circle of Toni, Tudor Blackwall, Mahala and Cy Fickerty, who were squatting on the stage and shooting craps, while Harry Mihick looked on them in sorrow at such desecration.
Craps table at the Flamingo for a while, had walked across the street to listen for patterns in the ringing and clattering of the slots at Caesars Palace, and then had written down a hundred consecutive numbers that came up on a Roulette wheel at the Mirage.