backgammonnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈbæk.ɡæm.ən/us/ˈbæk.ɡæm.ən/a game for two people in which you throw dice and move circular pieces around a special board with a pattern of narrow triangles
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Examples from literature
- Chess, backgammon, and whist, completed the variety of our evening pastimes.
- He found him in the drawing-room, still playing backgammon with Lady Laura.
- If you only understood its points, backgammon is really an excellent game.
- Our evenings were spent playing cards or backgammon or listening to the chatter of our host by the fireside.
- The captain was just sitting down to a game of backgammon.