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backgammon

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noun/ˈbæk.ɡæm.ən/
  1. 1

    A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.countableuncountable

    • "I have borrowed Mrs. Palmer's backgammon-board," said Isabella, whose notion of an elderly gentleman's amusements of an evening was derived from what she had seen Mr. Palmer do.
  2. 2

    A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar.countableuncountable

verb/ˈbæk.ɡæm.ən/
  1. 1

    To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row or on the bar.

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