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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Checkers

/(chĕk"ẽrz)/ · Check·ers · IPA /tʃˈɛkərz/
01 n. pl. A game, called also draughts, played on a checkerboard by two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers) which are moved diagon…
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    A game, called also draughts, played on a checkerboard by two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers) which are moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of the players has lost all his men, or can not move them. Also: draughts