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Record 1 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Board Games
DEF

A game played on a checkerboard by two players each having twelve men that move diagonally forward one square at a time or backward as well as if crowned, the object being to capture or block all the opponent's men.

OBS

checkers; draughts: nouns used with a singular verb.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux sur plateaux
DEF

Jeu pratiqué sur un damier avec des pions noirs et des pions blancs.

Spanish

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