trictrac
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of trictrac
C17: from French, imitative
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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
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
Thou wilt but be ennuyd to play trictrac with my old father.
From The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family by William Makepeace Thackeray
I daresay, that he is playing trictrac at Metz this moment.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 by Various
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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