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Definition: AMBS-ACE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Double aces, the lowest throw of all at dice. Hence: Bad luck; anything of no account or value.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Ambs-ace" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Ambs-ace \Ambs"-ace\, noun. [Old French expression ambesas; ambes both (fr. Latin ambo) as ace. See Ace.]. (references)

Definition: AMBS-ACE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. Double aces, the lowest throw of all at dice. Hence: Bad luck; anything of no account or value.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "AMBS-ACE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Ambs-ace \Ambs"-ace\, noun. [Old French expression ambesas; ambes both (fr. Latin ambo) as ace. See Ace.]. (references)