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gambling stick 
a small stick used by many Indian tribes to keep score when gambling. Those of the Pacific coast were beautifully made and decorated.
- 1880 They [divide] their leisure time between listening to the priest and rattling their gambling-sticks, for all Indians seem to be born gamblers.
- 1880 They [divide] their leisure time between listening to the priest and rattling their gambling-sticks, for all Indians seem to be born gamblers.