ˈmiss-out
[f. vbl. phr. to miss out: see miss v.1 25.]
a. pl. In Gambling, loaded dice. b. In Craps, a losing throw: see craps b; also, the action of losing the right to throw.
| 1928 J. O'Connor Broadway Racketeers xiv. 157 The game keeper has all sorts of crooked ones, those known as ‘Shapes’, others called ‘Miss-Outs’. 1936 Detective Fiction Weekly 21 Mar. 139/1 If the dice are cut as ‘passers’, the percentage in favor of the shooter is ‘mild’; but cut for a banking or fading advantage (called ‘miss-outs’ or ‘missing dice’) the advantage is stronger. 1942 W. Faulkner Go down, Moses 114 The spots on them miss-out dice. 1961 in Partridge Dict. Underworld (1968) 846/1 Misses... (2) Crooked dice that are gaffed to make more miss-outs than passes. 1964 A. Wykes Gambling v. 109 He loses if he throws a Two, Three, or Twelve (a ‘crap’ or ‘miss-out’). |