- a variation of trick-track.
trictrac
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of trictrac
C17: from French, imitative
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In noisy trictrac, or in quiet whist, These pass their time—and, to complete our list, There are who flirt with milliners or books, Or else with nature 'mid her meads and brooks.
From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 by Various
Whist and piquet soon grow stale in such a house and with such surroundings, and even trictrac with the old bishop of Evreux becomes tedious.
From Napoleon's Letters to Josephine by Henry Foljambe Hall
"So come along, and ma and papa can play trictrac all the time."
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Various (magazine) Harper
When the queen entered the salon, the ladies did not quit their work nor the men interrupt their game of billiards or of trictrac.
From Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians by Walter Rowlands
She plays trictrac, reversis; she is quite pretty, quite innocent, and called Jeannette.
From In a Green Shade A Country Commentary by Maurice Henry Hewlett
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