coin toss vs lurch

coin toss

noun
  • A particular instance where a coin is launched in the air, and whichever side that it lands on finalises a decision. 

  • An uncertain selection between two outcomes of similar likelihood, or between two objects of similar quality. 

lurch

noun
  • An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables. 

  • A sudden or unsteady movement. 

  • A double score in cribbage for the winner when his/her adversary has not yet pegged his/her 31st hole. 

verb
  • To defeat in the game of cribbage with a lurch (double score as explained under noun entry). 

  • To make such a sudden, unsteady movement. 

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