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 Game for a Spree.Game’s Afoot (The). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Game is not worth the Candle (The).
 
The effort is not worth making; the result will not pay for the trouble. (See CANDLE.)   1
 


 Game for a Spree.Game’s Afoot (The). 

 
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