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 Heads or Tails.Heady, 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Heads I Win, Tails you Lose.
 
In tossing up a coin, with such an arrangement, the person who makes the bargain must of necessity win, and the person who accepts it must inevitably lose.   1
 


 Heads or Tails.Heady, 

 
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