gamblerlike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

gambler +‎ -like

Adjective[edit]

gamblerlike (comparative more gamblerlike, superlative most gamblerlike)

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