| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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False dice, which are doctored, or made to turn up winning numbers. | 1 |
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“‘The whole autechamber is full, my lord—knights and squires, doctors and dicers.’ |
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“‘The dicers with their doctors in their pockets, I presume.’”—Scott: Peveril of the Peak, chap. xxviii. |
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| “Or chaired at White’s, amidst the doctors sit.” | |
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