Definition

1. Noun:
   • A small rake used by a croupier: A tool, resembling a small garden rake, used by a casino dealer (croupier) to collect and move betting chips across the gaming table.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The croupier used the croupier's rake to pull in the winning chips.
  • A croupier's rake is an essential tool for managing bets at a roulette table.

Advanced Usage

• As a defining object: The term is often used to specify the tool's purpose and user.
  • The efficiency of the game depends partly on the croupier's skill with the croupier's rake.

Variants and Related Words

• Croupier (n): The casino employee who conducts the game, collects and pays bets, and uses the rake.
• Rake (n): A tool with a long handle and a crossbar with teeth, used for gathering leaves or smoothing soil. In a casino context, it is modified as "croupier's rake."

Synonyms

• Dealer's rake: A less common but understandable synonym.
• Chip rake: A more generic term focusing on the object moved (chips) rather than the user.

Related Phrases

• To rake in the chips: An idiom meaning to collect winnings, derived from the action performed with a croupier's rake.
  • The casino seemed to rake in chips all night long.

Noun

1. a small rake used by a croupier to move chips around on the table