Definition of "ambs" [ambs]

• Plural form of amb. (noun)

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• "If ambs-ace; then, A brace of devils broil me! will they say."
• "He told us that twenty chance devils very much feared in our country dwelt there in six different storeys, and that the biggest twins or braces of them were called sixes, and the smallest ambs-ace; the rest cinques, quatres, treys, and deuces."
• ""If I throw ambs-ace," I said, with a smile for my own caprice, "curse me if I do not take Rolfe's advice!""