gambling hell

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gambling hell

noun gambling hells

  1. UK, derogatory, informal, sometimes Synonym of gambling house. They bribed a certain class of merchants - worthy of no better name than the devil's stool pigeons - who infested that city, to induce the young man to drink until he became intoxicated, and then take him to their gambling hell.

    Similar: gambling house

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@misc{gambling_hell_2026,
  title = {gambling hell},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gambling%20hell},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}