the word "slide"
On Coney Island, the fabled urban amusement park by the sea, a young man amuses his friends with a ukulele and barkers lure customers to try their luck on a Luna Park pig slide.
What is "try their luck"? And what is "Luna Park pig slide"?
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"Try your luck" is an expression that means to try something. To try to win or have a go at something. The Luna Park Big Slide is a giant slide (or slippery dip). Like a slide in a park only bigger.
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Try their luck implies a game of chance. I'm not sure what a pig slide is, but I guess it is a type of carnival game.
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to try your luck means to play a game of chance.
.... try your luck at cards....
...'try your luck at the casino.
From
http://www.westland.net/coneyisland/articles/lunapark.htm
Elaborate games had become the rage at Coney Island by the early 1920's. Van Kemp operated his Pig Slide, a skill game rather than a show, although it drew crowds to watch the antics. Customers threw a baseball at a target, which if hit released a pig down a slippery chute.
I also would not have known what a pig slide was without looking it up.
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