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Chinese checkers

a game played on a board with holes arranged in the shape of a six-pointed star, by from two to six players, the winner being the one who first moves his or her set of marbles across the board

Origin: prob. so named from the characteristic ornamentation of the board

See Chinese checkers in American Heritage Dictionary 4

plural noun (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
A board game in which each player tries to move a set of marbles arranged in holes from one point of a six-pointed star to the opposite point by means of single moves or jumps.

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