It was a slow night in the gaming-room, but all hands to the pumps in the bedrooms by the sound of it; at a few minutes to twelve I got up and sauntered through the grounds to the summer-house, and for some reason my heart was beating fifty to the dozen. ❋ Estelle Bruno (2010)
The girls were all got up in their most alluring finery, lounging artlessly in the reception on their couches under the shaded lamps, while Flashy, resplendent in new coat and pants and silk cravat, shuffled the decks in the gaming-room and waited for the gulls-and I'm here to tell you that I did a damned thin trade. ❋ Estelle Bruno (2010)
Thus mentally prepared, I continue my advance on the gaming-room door. ❋ Le Carre, John, 1931- (2006)
Barras preferred rooms dark, draped in velvet — a gaming-room ambience. ❋ Sandra Gulland (2000)
I believed him, so we picked up two of the Cyprians in the gaming-room and took them upstairs to play loo for each others 'clothes. ❋ Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- (1970)
He called for champagne -- drank greedily -- finished the bottle -- returned to the gaming-room flushed and feverish -- looked at the players savagely, but sottishly, for a few moments, and then left the house altogether. ❋ Various (N/A)
He came into the gaming-room where Mr. Morris and Calvert were sitting at a side-table drinking a glass of cognac and talking with Monsieur de Puymaigre, one of the Prince de Condé's officers. ❋ Carter Goodloe (N/A)
In the gaming-room Hurley pushed back his chair and leaned to the left, giving him a free sweep for his right hand. ❋ John Frederick (N/A)
Even the slight sounds in the gaming-room were done now, and one pair after another of eyes swung toward the table of Cochrane and Hurley. ❋ John Frederick (N/A)
The next spectacle was a gaming-room, with the players seated at their cards or roulette, the croupiers spinning the ball or raking the money. ❋ Unknown (1910)
He spotted me at once; for to help the moon, as well as to dispel the heavy scent of the gaming-room, I was lighting a cigar. ❋ Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1903)
Aristide caught him by the collar as he stood on the covered terrace, a foot or two from the threshold of the gaming-room. ❋ William John Locke (1896)
Gentleman's for that month, describing his judicial raid, at four in the morning, upon a gaming-room, where he suspected certain highwaymen to be assembled. ❋ Dobson, Austin (1883)
_Gentleman's_ for that month, describing his judicial raid, at four in the morning, upon a gaming-room, where he suspected certain highwaymen to be assembled. ❋ Austin Dobson (1880)
