Draughts
[drɑ:fts]
Definition
(n. pl.) A mild vesicatory. See Draught, n., 3 (c).
(n. pl.) A game, now more commonly called checkers. See Checkers.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. pl. Checkers.
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Examples
- With a hide like that draughts don't make any difference. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Ever touched the broom, or spread the mats, or rolled them up, or found the draughts, or collected the dominoes, or put my hand to any kind of work? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Everybody that day did not include Mr. Bulstrode, whose health could not well endure crowds and draughts. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She insisted that the Doctor should call twice a day; and deluged her patient with draughts every two hours. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He will give you almost as many men as you like at draughts, and beat you easily. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- And, interrupted Fitzgerald, confine his attention to his draughts and pills. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- But is the just man or the skilful player a more useful and better partner at a game of draughts? Plato. The Republic.
- Nor draughts, nor backgammon? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And the draughts are damnable--asphyxia in front and pleurisy in the back. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He will want all that the world can give him, both of enjoyment and lore; he will, perhaps, take deep draughts at each fount. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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