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Webster 1828 Edition


Ambsace

AMBS'ACE

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Noun.
[L. ambo, both, and ace.]
A double ace, as when two dice turn up the ace.

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ambsace

ambsace

English

Alternative forms

  • ambes-as (obsolete)
  • ambs-ace
  • ames-ace

Noun

ambsace

  1. (archaic) Two ones; the lowest throw at dice; a pair of aces.
    • 1773, Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer
      MARLOW (flirting with a maid).
      And why not now, my angel? Such beauty fires beyond the power of resistance.—Pshaw! the father here! My old luck: I never nicked seven that I did not throw ames ace three times following. [Exit MARLOW.]
  2. (archaic) Bad luck, worthlessness.