Once during an evening of lotto down in the front parlor she pushed back from the table suddenly, hand flashing up to her throat.
"The Vertical City"
Fannie Hurst
I played lotto with Mendele and let him beat me; I found him when he was lost, and I helped him play tricks on our elders.
"The Promised Land"
Mary Antin
Once Cousin Hirshel went to see a giant, who exhibited himself for three kopecks, and came home with such marvellous accounts of his astonishing proportions, and his amazing feats of strength, that little Mendele cried for envy, and I had to play lotto with him and let him beat me oh, so easily!
"The Promised Land"
Mary Antin