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BACKGAMMON

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back⋅gam⋅mon

  [bak-gam-uhn, bak-gam-]
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–noun
1. a game for two persons played on a board having two tables or parts, each marked with 12 points, and with both players having 15 pieces that are moved in accordance with throws of the dice.
2. a victory at this game, esp. one resulting in a tripled score.
–verb (used with object)
3. to defeat at backgammon, esp. to win a triple score over.
Origin:
1635–45; back 2 + gammon 1
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back·gam·mon   (bāk'gām'ən)   
n.  A board game for two persons, played with pieces whose moves are determined by throws of dice.

[back1 + gammon1.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

backgammon 
1645, baggammon, the second element from M.E. gamen, ancestor of Mod.E. game; the first element because pieces are sometimes forced to go "back." Known 13c.-17c. as tables.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

backgammon
See bignum, moby, pseudoprime.
[The Jargon File]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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