trictrac
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of trictrac
C17: from French, imitative
Example Sentences
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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 Hall, Henry Foljambe
I daresay, that he is playing trictrac at Metz this moment.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 by Various
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
She plays trictrac, reversis; she is quite pretty, quite innocent, and called Jeannette.
From In a Green Shade A Country Commentary by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
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
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