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942 B
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27 lines
942 B
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"alquerque":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an ancient board game regarded as a precursor to checkers in which two players each having twelve pieces begin play with their pieces arranged on a board five spaces wide and five spaces deep with one open space in the middle":[
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"Draughts were invented about 1100, probably in the south of France, by using backgammon pieces on a chessboard with the moves of alquerque .",
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"\u2014 R. C. Bell , Board and Table Game Antiques , 2008"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1879, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Spanish, borrowed from Arabic al \"the\" + qirq , a board game":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"al-\u02c8k\u0259r-k\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171429",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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}
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}
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