- plural of domino.
dominoes
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Family, friends and neighbors filled the frames with dancing and dominoes; their apartments painted in shades of mint, butter yellow and palomino pink, flecked with a patina cultivated by humidity and time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Role player Jose Alvarado, a true son of the city, later spotted playing dominoes at Toñita’s social club in Brooklyn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
"It was a very warm place," says Miranda Beazer, its former owner, describing how people used to gather there to play dominoes, or to relax after church on Sundays.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
The exiles, who hang paintings of their activist heroes at Chagos Refugees Group headquarters in Pointe aux Sables and slap down dominoes outside of the Chagos Boutique in Tombeau Bay, have tried to fight back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
He indicated our grown son and daughter, playing dominoes, listening in on our secrets.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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