put-and-take
noun
: any of various games of chance played with a teetotum or with dice in which players contribute to a pool and take from it according to the instructions on the top or dice
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My reference is not to these put-and-take streams, but rather to the backwoods brook:; no fish-hatchery truck could reach.
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Nelson Bryant, Outdoor Life, 20 May 2026
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“Put-and-take.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/put-and-take. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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