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Chinese checkers
noun
plural in form but singular or plural in construction
: a game in which each player seeks to be the first to transfer a set of marbles from a home point to the opposite point of a pitted 6-pointed star by single moves or jumps
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Secure a Chinese checkers board to a wood round and replace existing seat by attaching with screws.
—Laurren Welch, Country Living, 17 Apr. 2023
The freighter hit bad weather and lost 109 shipping containers of urinal mats, Chinese checkers, hair wax, refrigerators, inflatable toys, bike helmets and bottles of baby oil—plus the Yeti cache.
—John Clarke, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022
This beautiful Chinese checkers game set should be on-hand in every home.
—Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 16 Aug. 2022
In early 2020, Rainville was grumbling to his staff about the surplus of Chinese checkers sets gathering dust in inventory.
—Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2021
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First Known Use
1840, in the meaning defined above
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“Chinese checkers.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Chinese%20checkers. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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Chinese checkers
noun
: a game in which each player seeks to be the first to transfer a set of marbles from a home point to the opposite point of a 6-pointed star by means of single moves and jumps
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