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☆ craps (kraps)

plural noun

  1. a gambling game played with two dice: a first throw of seven or eleven wins, and a first throw of two, three, or twelve loses, while any other first throw, to win, must be repeated before a seven is thrown
  2. crap (sense )

Etymology: Fr crabs, craps < obs. E crabs, lowest throw at hazard, two aces

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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