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back·gam·mon

  [bak-gam-uhn, bak-gam-]  Show IPA

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.

Origin: 
1635–45; back²  + gammon¹

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backgammon  (ˈbækˌɡæmən, bækˈɡæmən)
— n
1.	a game for two people played on a board with pieces moved according to throws of the dice
2.	the most complete form of win in this game
[C17: back 1  + gammon , variant of game 1 ]

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Word Origin & History

backgammon 

1640s, baggammon, the second element from M.E. gamen, ancestor of Mod.E. game; the first elementbecause pieces are sometimes forced to go "back." Known 13c.-17c. as tables.

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Slang Dictionary

backgammon

 See bignum (sense 3), moby (sense 4), and pseudoprime.

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backgammon definition

See bignum, moby, pseudoprime. 
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