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(rolling) a 1 and a 6 (with two dice)
dice gambling
(armed) robbery; mugging
Edo period to early Meiji non-working day falling on all days of the month with a 1 or a 6 in it (when written in kanji numerals, i.e. the 1st, 11th, 16th, 21st and 26th days of the month)