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crapshoot
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crap·shoot  (krpsht)
n. Slang
A risky enterprise.
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Noun1.crapshoot - a risky and uncertain venture; "getting admitted to the college of your choice has become a crapshoot"
danger, risk, peril - a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
2.crapshootcrapshoot - playing craps
crap game, crap shooting
craps - a gambling game played with two dice; a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dice


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It's like [Michael Kidd's] Guys and Dolls: the crapshooters have to flip and roll dice and slide on their knees.
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The card players and crapshooters, rakish in their sharply tailored Hickey Freeman suits, pondered their hands and threw the dice with casual authority.
WAGERING ISN'T EVIL, IT'S RECREATION by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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