ambsace
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Old French ambes as (“both aces”), from Latin ambo + as.
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editambsace (usually uncountable, plural ambsaces)
- (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.]
- (archaic) Bad luck, worthlessness.