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#1 2016-11-22 10:23:27

owlsfriend
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Registered: 2015-06-01
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crap shoot, for craps shoot?

is “crap shoot” correct? If the meaning is to “roll the dice and take your chances” that would refer to the game of craps….not a colloquialism for “taking a crap”, let alone taking a crap which somehow “shoots”....just saying.

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#2 2016-11-22 11:31:11

yanogator
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From: Ohio
Registered: 2007-06-07
Posts: 237

Re: crap shoot, for craps shoot?

I know almost nothing about dice games in general, and craps specifically, but isn’t “crap out” a term in the game? I think “crap” is already part of the vocabulary of craps, and “a crap shoot” is correct.


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#3 2016-11-22 13:52:47

kem
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Registered: 2007-08-28
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Re: crap shoot, for craps shoot?

And then there is one of the better eggcorns found on the Forum: crap chute


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