dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/alq_MW.json
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{
"alquerque":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": 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":[
"Draughts were invented about 1100, probably in the south of France, by using backgammon pieces on a chessboard with the moves of alquerque .",
"\u2014 R. C. Bell , Board and Table Game Antiques , 2008"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1879, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Spanish, borrowed from Arabic al \"the\" + qirq , a board game":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"al-\u02c8k\u0259r-k\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171429",
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}