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rattle the bones

Verb
obsolete slang
Japanese Meaning
(古語・水夫の俗語) サイコロを振って賭け事をすること
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毎晩、当直が終わると、船員たちはランタンの灯りの下でサイコロを振って憂さを晴らしていた。

present singular third-person

participle present

participle past

past

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(obsolete, nautical, slang) to play dice.

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rattle the bones

Every evening after the log was struck, the sailors would rattle the bones by lantern light to gamble away their cares.

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Every evening after the log was struck, the sailors would rattle the bones by lantern light to gamble away their cares.

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