Ambs-ace

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ambs-ace \Ambs"-ace\, n. [OF. ambesas; ambes both (fr. L. ambo)
     + as ace. See {Ace}.]
     Double aces, the lowest throw of all at dice. Hence: Bad
     luck; anything of no account or value.
     [1913 Webster]