Draughts

  • 21draughts — Kiwi (New Zealand Slang) checkers …

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  • 22draughts — checkers …

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  • 23draughts — n. game of checkers (mainly British usage) drɑːft n. draft; breeze, gust; drink; sip; depth of the submergence of a ship; catch of fish …

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  • 24draughts — noun Brit. a game played on a chequered board by two players, who each start with twelve disc shaped pieces and move them diagonally with the aim of capturing all the opponent s pieces. Origin ME: from draught; related to obs. draught in the… …

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  • 25draughts — n. pl. Checkers …

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  • 26draughts — UK [drɑːfts] / US [dræfts] noun [uncountable] British a game for two people, played on a board with black and white squares using 24 round pieces. The American word is checkers …

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  • 27draughts — [drɑːfts] noun [U] British a game for two people, played on a board with black and white squares, using 24 round pieces …

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  • 28draughts — [[t]dræfts, drɑfts[/t]] n. brit. (used with a sing. v.) the game of checkers • Etymology: 1375–1425; MEdraghtes, pl. of draft, in obs. sense “movement, move in a board game” …

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  • 29draughts — /drafts/ (say drahfts) plural noun (construed as singular) a game played by two people each with twelve pieces on a chequered board; chequers. {from obsolete use draught a chess move, from the drawing across of the chess piece} …

  • 30draughts — noun a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent s pieces • Syn: ↑checkers • Members of this Topic: ↑black, ↑checker, ↑chequer, ↑king, ↑white …

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