trick-track or tric·trac [trik-trak] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a variety of backgammon.
Origin of trick-track First recorded in 1645–55, trick-track is from the French word trictrac; so called in imitation of the clicking sound made in moving the pieces Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for trick-track Historical Examples of trick-track
Trick-track, trik′-trak, n. a form of backgammon in which pegs as well as pieces are used.
Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)
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