2. Noun. A game in which forfeits are demanded ¹
3. Verb. (third-person singular of forfeit) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Forfeits
1. forfeit [v] - See also: forfeit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forfeits
Literary usage of Forfeits
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft (1909)
"As some of these may be used for forfeits (although some kinds of ... The searcher
for forfeits will do well, however, to look through the section on feats. ..."
2. The Games & Diversions of Argyleshire by Robert Craig Maclagan (1901)
"forfeits The name for the thumb seems to have some connection with ord, a hammer.
... forfeits Games of forfeits are, of course, inside games. ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Mortgages of Real Property by Leonard Augustus Jones (1894)
"Usury forfeits a sum of money equal to the whole loan. ... Usury forfeits ten
per cent. per annum of the amount of the contract to the school fund. ..."
4. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"forfeits IN A BARBER'S SHOP. It has been observed, in the word BARBER, that those
shops were places of great resort, for passing away time in an idle manner ..."
5. Things Chinese: Or, Notes Connected with China by James Dyer Ball (1904)
"forfeits.—The Chinese have a noisy game of forfeits often played at the dinner-table
at feast times. It consists in the player flinging out one or more ..."
6. The diplomatic protection of citizens abroad or the law of international claims by Edwin Montefiore Borchard (1915)
"Domicil Neither Confers nor forfeits Citizenship. The better rule and the one
which, apart from the special matter of belligerent domicil, ..."
7. The Sports and Pastimes of American Boys: A Guide and Text-book of Games of by Henry Chadwick (1884)
"AS games of forfeits are specially adapted to amuse a mixed party of girls ...
In redeeming their forfeits, the players incur certain penances which cannot ..."
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