noun
a board game in which each player tries to move a set of marbles through a set of holes from one point of a six-pointed star to the opposite point
• Syn: ↑Chinese checkers
• Hypernyms: ↑board game
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Chinese checkers or Chinese chequers noun
A board game similar to draughts for two, four or six players
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Main Entry: ↑china
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Chinese chequers UK US noun [uncountable]
a game played by several people on a board shaped like a star. Each player tries to be the first to move a set of marbles (=small glass balls) from holes on one side of the board to holes on the other.
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a game for two to six players who try to move the playing pieces from one corner to the opposite corner of the board, which is shaped like a star
Useful english dictionary. 2012.