trictrac
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of trictrac
C17: from French, imitative
Example Sentences
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"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)
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
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
I daresay, that he is playing trictrac at Metz this moment.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 by Various
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