单词 | tric-trac |
释义 | tric-tracn. An old variety of backgammon: = tick-tack n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > backgammon > [noun] > varieties of backgammon faylesc1330 provinciala1500 Irish game1509 Irishc1530 queen's gamec1557 tick-tack1558 sice-ace1594 doublet1611 lurch1611 tric-trac1687 verquerea1700 chouette1935 sheshbesh1971 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. vii. 41 The trictrac of the knocking Friars.] 1687 C. Sedley Bellamira iv. i I lost three sets at back-gammon, and a tout at trick-track. 1690 R. Davies Jrnl. (1857) 78 I taught them to play grand tric-trac. 1788 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 1071/1 One of the kinds of trictrac used in Europe. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. iv. 88 He loved to play at cards and tric-trac with him. 1897 E. Dowden Hist. Fr. Lit. v. i. 336 The destiny of nations is satirically viewed as a vulgar game of trick-track. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1687 |
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