- a variation of trick-track.
trictrac
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of trictrac
C17: from French, imitative
Example Sentences
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In the mean time, Mrs. Delacour, unconscious of the curiosity she had excited, was speaking to Belinda in the trictrac cabinet.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 03 by Maria Edgeworth
The French name for backgammon is trictrac, imitative of the rattle of the dice.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various
He amused Josephine, and although eighty years of age, could play trictrac and talk well on any subject.
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
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