The name is commonly thought to be Old French, but likely derived from the Spanish “azar”, which is “an unfortunate card or dice roll”. One of the more popular places to play Hazard in the late 18th and early 19th century was Crockford’s Club in London. “Kick-up at the Hazard Table” by Thomas RowlandsonHazard is an old English game played with two dice. We also get the modern meanings of “risk” and “danger” associated with the word “hazard” from this notion as well. This popular dicing game has been around since the 14th century and the phrase “Set upon six and seven” first appeared in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and referred to betting one’s entire fortune on a single throw of the dice. If you’ve ever come across the phrase “She was at sixes and sevens” in a historical novel and wondered what it meant, you may be surprised to learn it originated from the game of Hazard and generally is used to mean in a state of chaos or agitation.
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