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gamblerlike en · ADJ

Etymology

From gambler + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a gambler.
   • I knew that if I failed it would kill my parents, who, gamblerlike, were staking their very existence on my success. 2007, James Huneker, Melomaniacs:
   • He had risked all his fortune on one cast of the die, and, gamblerlike, had lost everything. c. 1867, Anthony Trollope, The Claverings:

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