numbers racket
数字球拍,号码狂欢,号码狂飙,号码狂热者
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- : Also called numbers, numbers game, numbers racket. an illegal daily lottery in which money is wagered on the appearance of certain numbers in some statistical listing or tabulation published in a daily newspaper, racing form, etc.
- : policy.
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Those are troubling numbers, for unfettered speech is not incidental to a flourishing society.
And too much of a focus on numbers can obscure strategic truths.
Flesh encircled him at the main pool of the Paradise Hotel and Residences at Boca.
Within minutes, it seems, of the disclosures of these tragic events, large numbers of people chose a side and stuck to it.
Marvin takes off his T-shirt and dives into his swimming pool.
Bacteria, when present in great numbers, give a uniform cloud which cannot be removed by ordinary filtration.
Big Reginald took their lives at pool, and pocketed their half-crowns in an easy genial way, which almost made losing a pleasure.
As company after company appeared, we were able to form a pretty exact estimate of their numbers.
The Mexicans, far superior in numbers, received every moment accessions to their strength.
Captains Spotstroke and Pool were equally careful; the rest of those present drank freely.