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'Sir, I do not call a gamester a dishonest man; but I call him an unsocial man, an unprofitable man. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776] Reference
Far more intense than the passion of the gamester was the frantic yet sublime desire that mastered the breast of Glyndon. From Wordnik.com. [Zicci — Complete] Reference
When Shakuni, the son of Subala, and the mighty Uluka, called the gamester's son, that hero at the head of his forces, have been slain, what can it be but destiny?. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
He also often used "gamester" to refer to a gambler or a chance-taker. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare on Games] Reference
I have often wondered why a man who indulged in this sport was called a gambler, as the term "gamester," used many years ago, seems decidedly more appropriate. From Wordnik.com. [As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century] Reference
Other terms, such as gamester, appear only in connection with sharper or some other such appellation. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 4] Reference
‘Sir, I do not call a gamester a dishonest man; but I call him an unsocial man, an unprofitable man. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D.] Reference
A trivia game, hosted by "gamester" Kristine Penca, will follow, with questions ranging from Stebens Children's Theatre to science. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Earl Russell -- that he knows exactly how far he can step with safety; then such a "gamester," however terrible the risks to which he may have exposed his country, is a great man. From Wordnik.com. [Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History] Reference
So I went to the next I told you of, the gamester. From Wordnik.com. [The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899] Reference
He used to gamble sometimes, but was not an habitual gamester. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
It was a mad chance, but a good gamester likes a dangerous throw. From Wordnik.com. [Montlivet] Reference
"Not enough of a gamester to accept your sacrifice, mademoiselle.". From Wordnik.com. [Montlivet] Reference
But there is a whisper, her maid will give her to Tom Terrour the gamester. From Wordnik.com. [The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899] Reference
The heart of Allcraft grew sick, but still he kept his eye upon the gamester. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843] Reference
SYLVESTER: The average video gamester was 18 in 1990 and now he's going on 30. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 23, 2007] Reference
The individual I had seen at Baden, -- the gamester, the bacchanal, the debauchee!. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861] Reference
He must be a cunning gamester indeed that shall cheat a believer of this foundation. From Wordnik.com. [The Death of Death in the Death of Christ] Reference
The reckless gamester was quite moved at the devotion and faithfulness of his servant. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, December 23, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
Are you to let him go off triumphantly, because he is a gamester as well as a cheat? —. From Wordnik.com. [Saint Ronan's Well] Reference
And there is no chance that anyone well, that any of our gamester/warriors gets hurt. From Wordnik.com. [Progress in the Despicability of Weapons Systems] Reference
Lenticula, a man who had been condemned for gambling, and who was a fellow-gamester of his own. From Wordnik.com. [The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4] Reference
Nay, I assure you, since the revolution, our trade is become as precarious as that of a gamester. From Wordnik.com. [A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, Complete Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady: with General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners] Reference
The conduct of one that is a gamester, even if it be without deceitfulness, should not be applauded. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3] Reference
The ruined gamester is represented leaning against a wall, with his arms across, lost in an agony of horror. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency] Reference
Hampstead Road, in the evening, he overtook a dapper fellow, who was formerly a peruke-maker but now a gamester. From Wordnik.com. [Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences] Reference
There also on Jayadratha's flank, were those mighty car-warriors, viz., the ruler of Gandhara, i.e., the gamester. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
The fluctuating fortunes of the gamester, -- his losses or gains, -- were equally a source of suffering to herself. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 548, May 26, 1832] Reference
Says "" Debt '' host and veteran gamester Wink Martindale, "" I never do anything to belittle or embarrass anybody. ''. From Wordnik.com. [Coming Up Roses] Reference
Poor Joe is sadly crestfallen, and fumbles in his pocket for the other half-sovereign, but the old gamester won't have it. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Brown's Schooldays]
Similarly, Subala's son Shakuni, and Uluka, O tiger among men, that valiant son of the gamester (Shakuni), have been slain. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Charles Towers was a person whose circumstances had been bad for many years, and in order to retrieve them he had turned gamester. From Wordnik.com. [Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences] Reference
He was a statesman, a legislator, an orator, and a dramatist; and in social life a wit, a gamester, a spendthrift, and a debauchee. From Wordnik.com. [English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction] Reference
He was not only a sportsman, but a gamester, and was in the habit of playing cards, and sometimes betting very high and losing accordingly. From Wordnik.com. [Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West] Reference
Her father, its last hope, had been a scamp and gamester who broke his wife's heart and bequeathed the cup of poverty and despair to his child's lips. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa] Reference
Overhyped gamester hopes its box will become the "set top" decoder, but General Instrument and Scientific-Atlanta won't willingly share the market with a newcomer. From Wordnik.com. [The Info-Warriors] Reference
Among other miracles and conquests of hardened souls, was the conversion of his cousin John Corsini, an infamous gamester; and the miraculous cure of an ulcer in his neck. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
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