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ambsace (AYMZ-ays, AMZ-ays) - n., the lowest throw of a pair of dice, two aces; something worthless or unlucky; bad luck, misfortune.
Snake-eyes -- which in most dice games is a bad throw. We've had the word since Middle English ambes as, from Anglo-French, from Old French, from ambes, both (from Latin ambo, both) + as, aces (from Latin as in the sense of unit, originally a lowest value coin).
---L.
Snake-eyes -- which in most dice games is a bad throw. We've had the word since Middle English ambes as, from Anglo-French, from Old French, from ambes, both (from Latin ambo, both) + as, aces (from Latin as in the sense of unit, originally a lowest value coin).
---L.
