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backgammon definition

back·gam·mon (-gam′ən)

noun

a game played on a special board by two people: each has fifteen pieces, which are moved according to the throw of dice

Etymology: back + gammon

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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