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Synonyms for roulette wheel


Grammar : Noun
Spell : roo-let
Phonetic Transcription : ruˈlɛt



Définition of roulette wheel

Origin :
  • 1734, "small wheel," from French roulette "gambling game played with a revolving wheel," literally "small wheel," from Old French roelete "little wheel" (12c.), formed on model of Late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota "wheel" (see rotary). The game of chance so-called from 1745.
  • As in wheel of fortune : noun wheel of chance
Example sentences :
  • That was the kind of roulette wheel a man might really take an interest in!
  • Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller
  • In the casino a crowd is gathering round the roulette wheel.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • There was also a roulette wheel, which didn't hurt the looks of the place either.
  • Extract from : « Sonnie-Boy's People » by James B. Connolly
  • It was discovered that he was using a roulette wheel that had been tampered with.
  • Extract from : « The Air Pirate » by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
  • He went over to the roulette wheel and played straight red and black.
  • Extract from : « Noble Redman » by Jesse Franklin Bone
  • He said something about the roulette wheel, and then fell dead.
  • Extract from : « Mask of Death » by Paul Ernst
  • Tables for drinking were about the floor, and there was a roulette wheel at one side.
  • Extract from : « Merton of the Movies » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Men crowded about as before, when she was at the roulette wheel.
  • Extract from : « Where Strongest Tide Winds Blew » by Robert McReynolds
  • Let us have a roulette wheel in a covered box, or hidden away so that no one but the spirit can see it.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society » by Upton Sinclair
  • I'd rather wear a dinner-gown than an apron; I'd a damn sight rather spin a roulette wheel than rock a cradle.
  • Extract from : « Cytherea » by Joseph Hergesheimer

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