They were all men who played high; and the game soon assumed the grave character that so invariably accompanies large wagers.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Laughing, eating picnic breakfasts, laying wagers and preparing score-cards, the crowd swayed tiptoe on the keen edge of expectancy; while up and down the course drove and pushed the hurrying hundreds who had not yet found satisfactory place.
"From the Car Behind"
Eleanor M. Ingram
They were as careless, as merry, as shameless as before; the talk then had been of Madame's coming, now it was of her going; they talked of Dover and what had passed there, but the treaty was dismissed with a shrug, and the one theme of interest, and the one subject of wagers, was whether or how soon Mlle.
"Simon Dale"
Anthony Hope