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Definition of Parchisi
1. Noun. An ancient board game resembling backgammon; played on a cross-shaped board.
Definition of Parchisi
1. pachisi [n -S] - See also: pachisi
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parchisi
Literary usage of Parchisi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1887)
"... parchisi in all these countries. I have several times tried to obtain some
information from Mauritius, but without effect. Now, as to natural enemies. ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1867)
"... of a vessel from which Ы picked up several bags of bullion, enough to enable
him to parchisi the Trident. Pluto, too, ie getting on uncommonly well. ..."
3. The Mines Handbook: An Enlargement of the Copper Hand Book; a Manual of the by Walter Harvey Weed (1920)
"... in 1917. when company parchisi erties and assets of Mclntyre Extension Mines,
Ltd.. and Mclntyre ..."
4. A Collection of Eighteenth Century Verse by Margaret Lynn (1907)
"A game played with dice on a board; as described by Strutt, in his Sports and
Pastimes of the English People, it resembles the modern game known as parchisi ..."
5. Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States: Annotated for Statistical ...edited by Stephen Koplan, Deanna Tanner Okun edited by Stephen Koplan, Deanna Tanner Okun (2006)
"JX Free Other: Chess, checkers, parchisi, backgammon, darts and other games played
on boards of a special design, all the foregoing games and parts thereof ..."
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