Chinese chequers

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Chinese chequers

(Chess & Draughts) (functioning as singular) a board game played with marbles or pegs

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Chinese chequers - a board game in which each player tries to move a set of marbles through a set of holes from one point of a six-pointed star to the opposite point

Chinese checkers

board game - a game played on a specially designed board

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