trictrac

/ ˈtrɪkˌtræk /

noun

1. a game similar to backgammon

Word History and Origins

Origin of trictrac¹

C17: from French, imitative

Example Sentences

In the mean time, Mrs. Delacour, unconscious of the curiosity she had excited, was speaking to Belinda in the trictrac cabinet.

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So come along, and ma and papa can play trictrac all the time.

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The French name for backgammon is trictrac, imitative of the rattle of the dice.

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He amused Josephine, and although eighty years of age, could play trictrac and talk well on any subject.

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Thou wilt but be ennuyd to play trictrac with my old father.

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