roll the bones
Slang definitions & phrases for
roll the bones
roll the bones
verb phrase
To play craps
[1929+; bones, ''dice,'' is found by 1386]
Idioms and Phrases with
roll the bones
roll the bones
Cast dice, especially in the game of craps, as in
Let's go to the casino and roll the bones tonight
. This slangy term was first recorded in 1897, but the noun
bones
has referred to dice since the late 1300s (Chaucer used it in
The Pardoner's Tale
).