Railroad term that's also slang for the following:(roll of 2 6's in dice)
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Boxcars (slang) - Wikipedia  Boxcars, also known as Midnight, is the outcome of rolling the dice in a game of craps and getting a 6 on each die. The pair of 6 pips resembles a pair of boxcars on a freight train. In modern parlance, it refers to such a roll in any game involving 6 sided dice ... Rolling two 6-sided dice 25 times gives a probability of 0.505532 that at least...
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Craps Glossary - Gambling Guide il dado  Craps terms, meaning of words: Terminology, Jargon, Slang, Vocabulary. A ... Big Six - A bet that a 6 will be rolled before a 7 comes up. Big Red ... (Boxcars are the last cars on a train.) ... C and E Bet - A one roll bet that the next roll of the dice will be any craps (2,3, or 12) or 11. ... (See also 'The Hard Way Bet' below)
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Craps - Wikipedia  Twelve is known as "boxcars" because the spots on the two dice that show 6-6 look like schematic drawings of railroad boxcars; it is also called "midnight",...
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Craps Terminology, Slang, and Common Phrases - Mac Craps  Any Craps  A bet that the next roll will be 2, 3, or 12. ... Arm  Term used to describe a player who is skilled at throwing the dice, sometimes even suggesting...
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Craps Lingo - ReadyBetGo!  Term also used by dealers when referencing one dollar gaming cheques. ... Any Craps A bet that the next roll will be 2, 3, or 12. .... Downtown Odds Better odds (pay-offs) on Proposition Bets, Place Bets on 6 & 8 and Field as offered .... with 'off' is face up, then all free odds bets have no action on the following roll of the dice.
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The Hardway Bets Explained - CrapsPit.org  First, let's talk about hard versus easy. ... You can roll a 10 three different ways as shown in the following table. ... outcome means the dice show a pair, or equal values, so it's the hard way ... The hard way to roll your number appears, which means you win and the bet is .... Your gut tells you the Hard 8 is going to hit soon.
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Dice - Mathematische Basteleien  My view on the Dice. ... You can mark every die by a number with six digits: Start with 1, go upwards, go around 1 counter ... >The sides opposite each other always add to 7. ... You will soon notice, that you can`t solve the puzzle by trying.
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Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: A Glossary of Hardboiled Slang ...  May 25, 2016 ... Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: A Glossary of Hardboiled Slang ... house: Jail; Big one, The: Death; Big sleep, The: Death (coined by Chandler); Bim: Woman; Bindle .... Drop a dime: Make a phone call, sometimes meaning to the police to ..... The Big Sleep (1939) by Raymond Chandler (Ballantine, 1971); The...
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Yahtzee - Wikipedia  Yahtzee is a dice game made by Milton Bradley (now owned by Hasbro), which was first .... They can re-roll a die for the third roll that was not rolled on the second roll. .... However the official rule is that a Full House is "three of one number and two of another". ..... Clearly you keep any Small Straight or Yahtzee that you throw.
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Glossary of Slang and Peculiar Terms in Use in the AIF - Australian ...  This is followed by some additional information explaining the word and its context. ... perhaps a new coinage, based on 'jam tart', rhyming slang for 'sweetheart' (AND). .... gambling game with special cards and checks' and dates back to at least 1900. ... 'Dog' meaning 'an informer, a traitor' is of US origin, and in Australian...
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Japanese for 8, 9, 3, a losing hand in an old card game, 6 letter, 3rd ...  YAKUZA. Correct Wrong! Japanese for 8, 9, 3, a losing hand in an old card game. Else clues.  Japan's equivalent of the Mafia ... Shinjuku gangsters. CrosswordOpener.com - we know the word that you can`t guess In case of any inconvenience..
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Spinning and Weaving: Their Influence on Popular Language ... - JStor  rials, but the "1 women that were wise-hearted did spin with their hands ;"'d and " the ... Shakspeare in the Twelfth Night, uses the expression '" it hangs like flax on a ... The term " distaff" is derived from the Saxon, and appears to be of purely Eng ..... from side to side; and the game e called " shuttle-cock" evidently derives its...
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YAHTZEE Game Instructions - Hasbro  ... to Play. Each player takes a score card. To decide who goes first, each player in turn rolls all 5 dice. ... Play then passes to the left. ... with either of the two dice.
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Domino Basics - Getting Started With Dominoes - Domino-Games.com  An introduction to the game of dominoes, with basic rules, conventions, and ... A domino is a small tile that represents the roll of two dice. The tile ... In the most popular domino set, the double-six, the numbers vary from 0 (or blank) to 6. ... In addition to the standard double-six domino set, larger-sized sets are also available.
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Naval Terms & Phraseology - The Goat Locker  Avast  Contraction of two French words, 'Haud Vast', meaning to 'hold fast'. .... "Bitter" became a term for a single turn of a cable around the bitts, which was usually the .... Bridge  As ships passed to steam and orders could be given by remote methods .... In air combat, many attacks are made from the astern, or "six o'clock"...
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Jeopary Questions page 527 - MUSIC - TriviaBistro.com  AROUND THE HOUSE: Room in which you'd most likely use a duvet  PLAYING ... DOUBLE "D"s: A "hasty" dessert, or perhaps you'd prefer the tapioca.
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Bowling Slang Terms - Premier Lanes  5 Bagger (Yahtzee and Dropping the Nickel) - A 5 bagger is five strikes in a row. Other nicknames for ... Pocket - A pocket is where you want your bowling ball to go. ... There are many nicknames for the five pin. ... Turkey - Three strikes in a row.
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J! Archive - Show #5184, aired 2007-03-08  A name for a class of things, like a religious group or a unit of currency ... It's the item seen here; a game of the same name has been played...
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A Crash Course in Roulette - An FAQ for Beginners  It's a social game that allows big wagers and some long odds. ... This page is designed to turn you from a rank amateur to an old hand over the course of a ... Roulette is a French word meaning "little wheel. ... Some bets ask you only to guess some small aspect of the winning number, such as its number, for a payout of 1:1.
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Hobo Terminology - Original Hobo Nickel Society  With a terminal essay on American slang in its relation to English thieves' .... They are used so the beggar does not have to actually come out in public and be overheard begging for money or favors. .... In literary circles a person who drinks and wanders by riding trains. ... A middle English term: Cadgear meaning peddler.
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Backgammon Glossary - Gammonlife  In the very early part of the game, rolls like 6-6 or 5-5 are blocked from escaping .... Bury a Checker: When you move a checker deep into your home board ... Checker: One of the 30 pieces used as men in the game of backgammon  also called Stones ..... Lover's Leap: To play a roll of 6-5 from your 24 point to your 13 point.