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† dicing-house Obs.
[f. dicing vbl. n.]
A house for dice-play; a gambling-house.
1549Latimer 6th Serm. bef. Edw. VI (Arb.) 161 Dysynge howses also..where yong Gentlemenne dyse away their thrifte. 1555Act 2–3 Phil. & M. c. 9 Every Licence..for the having..of any Bowling-Allies, Dicing-houses, or other unlawful Games. 1649Milton Eikon. iii. (1851) 357 The spawn and shiprack of Taverns and Dicing Houses. 1660Jer. Taylor Duct. Dubit. ii. 470 (L.) The public peace cannot be kept where public dicing-houses are permitted. |