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noughts-and-crosses

[nawts-uhn-kraw-siz, -kros-iz]

noughts-and-cross·es

[nawts-uhn-kraw-siz, -kros-iz]
noun (used with a singular verb) British.
tick-tack-toe (def. 1).

Origin:
1890–95
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Noughts-and-crosses is always a great word to know.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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