"elephant's tooth" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "So called because originally made from ivory.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "text": "1876, Charles Dickens, All the Year Round\nThat no minute might be wasted, the gay gallants of the time generally had a dice-box and a cast of dice in their pockets. This was convenient in the extreme, as, in the intervals of racing, a main could be thrown, and when out hunting, a check was looked on with no disfavour by those who treasured every opportunity of \"flirting with the elephant's tooth.\""
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        "A die (cube thrown in games of chance)."
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        "(archaic, slang) A die (cube thrown in games of chance)."
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  "word": "elephant's tooth"
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  "etymology_text": "So called because originally made from ivory.",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "text": "1876, Charles Dickens, All the Year Round\nThat no minute might be wasted, the gay gallants of the time generally had a dice-box and a cast of dice in their pockets. This was convenient in the extreme, as, in the intervals of racing, a main could be thrown, and when out hunting, a check was looked on with no disfavour by those who treasured every opportunity of \"flirting with the elephant's tooth.\""
        }
      ],
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        "A die (cube thrown in games of chance)."
      ],
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        "(archaic, slang) A die (cube thrown in games of chance)."
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  "word": "elephant's tooth"
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