Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A game at backgammon or chess.
- noun A return-game.
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Examples
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It was a patient, cautious, back-game, and never fully developed till the last card was played.
Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General Charles James Lever 1839
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“Leap back!” exclaimed Craigengelt, with a well-assumed air of astonishment, “that would be playing the back-game with a witness!
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"Leap back!" exclaimed Craigengelt, with a well-assumed air of astonishment, "that would be playing the back-game with a witness!
The Bride of Lammermoor Walter Scott 1801
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