pachisi
noun
a board game, originated in ancient India, in which four players advance four pieces each along a route on a cross-shaped board toward a center square by throws of cowrie shells or dice.
parchesi,
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a variation of
pachisi.
Example Sentences
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You have to work out traffic problems with model cars on something that looks like a parchesi board, and prove that you can take apart and mount an engine.
From Time Magazine Archive
Among the parchesi players there was a hurried consultation and then one of them looked up.
From The Camp Fire Girls' Careers by Margaret Vandercook
We can all have a game of parchesi or somethin'.
From The Mission of Janice Day by Corinne Turner
Tom and Charlie sprang up so suddenly from their game of parchesi that counters and disks fell to the floor.
From Dew Drops, Vol. 37, No. 17, April 26, 1914 by Various
"As far as I'm concerned," Blodgett said, "Mundy can play parchesi in his off time."
From The Guarded Heights by Wadsworth Camp
