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pea-shake house

pea-shake house  n.— «The evidence I heard from that police officer was that the defendant said he got the money in a pea-shake house. There’s no testimony he got it gambling, stealing it, selling drugs or any illegal activity. Being in a...

pea-shake house

pea-shake house n. an illegal lottery-style gambling joint. Editorial Note: This term is specific to Indianapolis. The first cite below is related only in the mechanics of shaking the peas. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

multi-hyphenate

multi-hyphenate  n.— «Figuratively, he’s a multi-hyphenate. A television-writer-director-turrned-film-writer-director.» —“Pogostin: Gambling Man and Multi-Hyphenate” by Wayne Warga L.A. times Mar. 30, 1969...

3G

3G  n.— «Third generation networks…will enable users to make video calls and receive high-speed downloads of music, news, even short films. Overseas, 3G content has been dubbed as “girls, games and gambling.”» —“3G:...

top-hatting

top-hatting n. in roulette and casino gambling, the surreptitious placing of a bet after the outcome has been decided; past-posting. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

top hatting

top hatting  n.— «The long-term goal of the unit is to be involved in the handling of crimes peculiar to the gambling industry as a whole. Examples of these would be late betting, top hatting, theft of credit cards from slot machines and...

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