halman.
/ˈhalmə/, U.S. /ˈhælmə/ A game played on a checkerboard of 256 squares, by two persons with 19 men each, or four persons with 13 each, each player's men being placed in a corner of the board and moved towards the opposite corner, the characteristic move consisting of a leap over any man in an adjacent square into a vacant square beyond, or of a series of such leaps. Named also hoppity.
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1890 Daily News 31 Jan. 5/2 She had better stay in the drawing-room and play halma with her sisters.
1891 Daily News 30 Sept. 5/1 Halma is offered as a cheap and safe substitute for chess, but Halma, like football, is being ruined by professionalism.
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