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Etymology

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From the resemblance of the two single pips to the eyes of a snake.

Pronunciation

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• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

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snake eyes pl (plural only)

1. (gambling, dice games, idiomatic) Two ones, after rolling two dice. Synonym: crabs Coordinate term: boxcars
   • 2021 June 29, Michael E. Mann, Susan Joy Hassol, “That Heat Dome? Yeah, It’s Climate Change.”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 22 April 2022:It’s as if snake eyes, which should occur randomly only once every 36 times you roll a pair of dice, were coming up once every four times.
2. (bowling, slang) A 7-10 split.

Derived terms

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• come up snake eyes
• come up with snake eyes

Translations

[edit] two ones after rolling two dice

Chinese: Mandarin: 兩點 / 两点 (zh) (liǎngdiǎn) Hungarian: kígyószem Italian: ambasso m Japanese: ピンぞろ (pinzoro) Spanish: ojos serpentinos m pl, duplo uno m

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• snake eyes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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