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roulettelike en · ADJ

Etymology

From roulette + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of the gambling game of roulette.
   • Indeed, there had always been a roulettelike aspect to the island's sugar business; decline and distress were evident even in the earliest records... 1992, Thomas Cleveland Holt, The problem of freedom:
   • Contestants spin a roulettelike wheel that determines how much money they can win (or, sometimes, lose) on a particular turn. 2001, Ted Koppel, Off Camera: Private Thoughts Made Public:

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