play the papers

To gamble. Primarily heard in US. If you keep playing the papers, you'll have no money left at all! I refuse to lend him any more money until he stops playing the papers!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tiphaine	-	French
Baldwin	['bɔ:ldwin]
Nicodemus	nik-ə-DEE-məs (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin
Kimberlee	KIM-bər-lee	English
Burger	['bə:gə]
Zosimus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)