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AMBS-ACE

\ˈamzˈe͡ɪs], \ˈamzˈe‍ɪs], \ˈa_m_z_ˈeɪ_s]\

Definitions of AMBS-ACE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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Double aces, the lowest throw of all at dice. Hence: Bad luck; anything of no account or value.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Double aces, the lowest throw of all at dice. Hence: Bad luck; anything of no account or value.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A double ace.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

[=a]mz'-[=a]s, n. double ace: the lowest possible throw at dice: ill-luck: worthlessness. [O. Fr. ambes as--L. ambas as. See ACE.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

Both aces, lowest throw at dice; bad luck; worthlessness. [old French]

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

A double ace, aces.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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