gambling habit

collocation in English

meaningsofgamblingandhabit

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gambling
noun[U]
uk
/ˈɡæm.blɪŋ/
us
/ˈɡæm.blɪŋ/
the activity of betting money, for example in a game or on a ...
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habit
noun
uk
/ˈhæb.ɪt/
us
/ˈhæb.ɪt/
something that you do often and regularly, sometimes without knowing that you are ...
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(Definition ofgamblingandhabitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgambling habit

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I am speaking of the peculiarly evil effect that thegamblinghabithas on any individual.
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Yudhisthira expresses remorse and anguish for hisgamblinghabit.
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His drink problems began after he developed agamblinghabitin 2007.
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Where young men and lads have been seized with thegamblinghabit, as some of them have, all other interests pass away.
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The only people who will not realise that are vulnerable people such as the young or those who are afflicted by a compulsivegamblinghabit.
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Religious organisations believe that it is an inherently bad thing to play thegamblinghabitand it compromises the moral standards of charities.
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It is ridiculous to think that every time a young child spends a penny or two and gets a prize he will be trapped into agamblinghabit.
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From his teacher, he also acquired a seriousgamblinghabit, which was to plague him for many years.
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Having four wives, agamblinghabitand a susceptibility to confidence tricksters, he did not hold on to the money he made.
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Hisgamblinghabitbegan to overtake his writing and eventually drained him of the little money he did make with the two sales.
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This domestic comedy depicts a woman who stops her husband'sgamblinghabitby having her cousin stage a fake police raid on the weekly poker game.
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