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Die
·pl of <<Dice>>. II. Die ·vi To suffer death; to lose life. III. Die ·noun Any small cubical or sq...

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Game
·noun Crooked; lame; as, a game leg. II. Game ·noun To play at any sport or diversion. III. Game ·...

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game
1) Any mode of robbing. The toby is now a queer game; to rob on the highway is now a bad mode of act...

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die hard
To die hard, is to shew no signs of fear or contrition at the gallows; not to whiddle or squeak. Thi...

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Badger game
·add. ·- The method of blackmailing by decoying a person into a compromising situation and extorting...

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Consolation game
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Consolation race. ...

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Game fowl
·- A handsome breed of the common fowl, remarkable for the great courage and pugnacity of the males....

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Make-game
·noun An object of ridicule; a butt. ...

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Match game
·add. ·- A game arranged as a test of superiority; also, one of a series of such games. ...

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Vantage game
·add. ·- The first game after the set is deuce. ·see <<Set>>, ·noun, 9. ...

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game leg
A lame leg. A term not peculiar to America. ...

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game-leg
a lame leg. N. ...

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game-leg
A lame limb, but not so bad as to unfit for duty. ...

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die nor do
He'll neither DIE NOR DO ; spoken of a person in a lingering illness. See DAW, in Ray's Words. ...

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never say die!
An expressive phrase, meaning do not despair, there is hope yet. ♦ Nil desperandum! As Cowper says...

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Gildhalla Teutonicorum, die Kolner
See Steelyard. ...

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die on the fin, to
An expression applied to whales, which when dying rise to the surface, after the final dive, with on...

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