shake one's elbow
English
Verb
shake one's elbow
- (slang, archaic) To gamble with dice.
- 1739, George Whitefield, The Life ... of ... G. W. (page 93)
- When a little after as I passed by (the publick Kitchen just before mentioned) I saw him shaking his Elbow over a Gaming Table.
- 1837, Blackwood's Magazine (volume 41, page 520)
- Come with me this very moment, I will take you to a house where you will see him shaking his elbow in good earnest.
- 1739, George Whitefield, The Life ... of ... G. W. (page 93)