Synonyms for roulette
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : roo-let |
| Phonetic Transcription : ruˈlɛt |
Top 10 synonyms for roulette Other synonyms for the word roulette
Définition of roulette
Origin :- 1734, "small wheel," from French roulette "gambling game played with a revolving wheel," literally "small wheel," from Old French roelete "little wheel" (12c.), formed on model of Late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota "wheel" (see rotary). The game of chance so-called from 1745.
- As in game of chance : noun game depending on luck
- That was the kind of roulette wheel a man might really take an interest in!
- Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller
- In the casino a crowd is gathering round the roulette wheel.
- Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
- And did the old Romans really play at roulette, and was that one of their tables?
- Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland
- There was also a roulette wheel, which didn't hurt the looks of the place either.
- Extract from : « Sonnie-Boy's People » by James B. Connolly
- The best thing he did of that kind was the roulette story at Paris.
- Extract from : « The Young Duke » by Benjamin Disraeli
- He stood by the roulette table, but he watched her covertly.
- Extract from : « Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Perhaps he can enlighten us on how to win at roulette by playing his own system.
- Extract from : « The Silent Bullet » by Arthur B. Reeve
- The 160 truth is, Mr. Ranger, I blew in all my wages at roulette last week.
- Extract from : « Cavanagh: Forest Ranger » by Hamlin Garland
- It made him think of the run of red that sometimes followed a run of black at roulette.
- Extract from : « An Engagement of Convenience » by Louis Zangwill
- There was roulette, faro, and monte, all at different points.
- Extract from : « Wild Bill's Last Trail » by Ned Buntline
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