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draughts.

A board game for two players in which the players each have a set number of pieces (typically 12 or 20, depending on the rule set), known as men, and the object is to capture each of the opponent's pieces by jumping one's own pieces over the opponent's pieces.

8 characters1 syllables approx.English language

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noun/dɹɑːfts/Received-Pronunciation/dɹæfts/Canada, General-American/dɹɐːfts/Australia, New-Zealand/dɹaːfts/Australia, New-Zealand
  1. A board game for two players in which the players each have a set number of pieces (typically 12 or 20, depending on the rule set), known as men, and the object is to capture each of the opponent's pieces by jumping one's own pieces over the opponent's pieces.

    Commonwealth · Ireland · UK · uncountable
  2. A mild vesicatory.

    uncountable
verb/dɹɑːfts/Received-Pronunciation/dɹæfts/Canada, General-American/dɹɐːfts/Australia, New-Zealand/dɹaːfts/Australia, New-Zealand
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of draught

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
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