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Word: Backgammon
Speech Type: Noun
mid 17th century: from back game. Compare the Middle English forms of game showing final -n, e.g. gammen, gammon, gamon
ˈbakˌɡamən
a board game in which two players move their pieces around twenty-four triangular points according to the throw of dice, the winner being the first to remove all their pieces from the board.
Short Definition:board game in which two players move their pieces around twenty-four triangular points according to throw of dice
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