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moccasin game†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See 1921 quote.

See: platter(see note)

Quotations

1871

A near approach to these groups will show the gambler playing the moccasin game, or some other, with the stakes--generally clothing--lying close at hand.

1921

Here a small but excited circle, gathered under the shade of a cart, are deeply engaged in gambling by what is known as the "moccasin game." In an empty moccasin are placed sundry buttons and bullets, which, being shaken up, involve the guessing of the number in the shoe.

1965

Here . . . one can still see . . . a modern variation of the ancient moccasin game.