trictrac
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of trictrac
C17: from French, imitative
Example Sentences
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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 Hall, Henry Foljambe
"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 Harper, Various (magazine)
That choleric old lady there, a dismissed court lady, and the sworn enemy of the queen; or her daughter, the pretty widow, playing trictrac with Fabre d'�glantine?
From Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier by Lever, Charles James
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 Edgeworth, Maria
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
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