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Definition of 'Chinese checkers'

Chinese checkers in American

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
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Word origin of 'Chinese checkers'
prob. so named from the characteristic ornamentation of the board

Example sentences containing 'Chinese checkers'

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He had a kind face and large dark eyes like the black marbles that come with Chinese checkers sets. Rodriguez, Abraham SPIDERTOWN (1994)

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Definition of Chinese checkers from the Collins English Dictionary

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