dominoes

British

/ ˈdɒmɪˌnəʊz /

noun

(functioning as singular) any of several games in which matching halves of dominoes are laid together

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As Bad Bunny strutted through the greenery, he passed by old men playing dominoes, women chatting in a nail salon and boxers sparring—a montage of scenes from life in Puerto Rico.

From The Wall Street Journal

"I'm not even playing that much dominoes, and that is killing me, bro," he said.

From BBC

Singleton said the issue now becomes less about Hutchison and more about “stop the dominoes.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Like dominoes, one by one, the great circle of lampposts fell.

From Literature

And Papá is out playing dominoes after a day of work selling men’s shirts door-to-door.

From Literature

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