backgammon

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back·gam·mon / ˈbakˌgamən/ • n. 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. ∎  the most complete form of win in this game.

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backgammon

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backgammon XVII. f. BACK2 + an earlier form of GAME1.

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