lottery
/ˈlɑtɚi/ nom B1En français : loterie
- A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks. · Dave plays the lottery almost every week, but always picks different numbers.
- Something decided by chance. · It's a bit of a lottery whether we'll get a good table in that diner.
Pluriel lotteries
Dans la bibliothèque
Philips protested that they would have a nice comfortable noisy game of lottery tickets, and a little bit of hot supper afterwards.
At first there seemed danger of Lydia’s engrossing him entirely, for she was a most determined talker; but being likewise extremely fond of lottery tickets, she soon grew too much interested in the game, too eager in making bets and exclaiming after prizes, to have attention for anyone in particular.
Lydia talked incessantly of lottery tickets, of the fish she had lost and the fish she had won; and Mr.
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