parcheesi

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Farnsworth and Jim Kenerley were measuring off spaces, and a gardener was driving in pegs When the twine arrived, it was stretched on these pegs, until the whole lawn was diagrammed like a parcheesi board.

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  • We saw this "prison" and to me it looked like a palace (complete with a marble floor parcheesi board), but who knows, maybe it was a downgrade from what he was used to. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • You can buy some hand-crafted board games like scrabble, checkers, parcheesi and yo-yo's. —  Nevada Appeal - Top Stories
  • Farnsworth and Jim Kenerley were measuring off spaces, and a gardener was driving in pegs When the twine arrived, it was stretched on these pegs, until the whole lawn was diagrammed like a parcheesi board. —  Patty's Butterfly Days
  • If you've got a deck of cards, or a parcheesi outfit, or a game of authors, get 'em out, and let's get on a mental basis. —  Options
  • Sunday, but that parcheesi was "different." —  The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life
 

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