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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, especially one resulting in a tripled score.
verb (used with object)
3.
to defeat at backgammon, especially to win a triple score over.
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Word Origin & History
backgammon
1640s, 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.
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