dominos
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- noun
- /ˈdɒmɪnoʊz/
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dominós
- I saw an old man sitting on a bombed-out porch, playing a game of dominos with what I presume is his grandson.
- play dominos
Examples
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They play dominos there at night.
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- It's like a big game of dominos.
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You told me you wanna sit down' play dominos with me.
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Let's go play some dominos.
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I had visions of sitting around the table playing dominos as a family.
Blog text (32) -
After a long day of questing, we played a game of dominos to wind down.
Blog text (4) -
No place else to sit with that Perfecto Padilla and his compadres playing dominos in the corner.
Fiction book (1997) -
A couple of old men played dominos in the café.
Fiction book (1996) -
I'm doing my time here, I'm going home, and God willing, I'm going to sit on the porch and play a game of dominos... with my grandson, who I've never met.
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Let's go play some dominos this weekend with our friends.
Synonyms
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A game where players match small tiles with spots
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Etymology
Dominos probably comes from the French word domino, a black-and-white 'cloak' or mask worn at festivals, and that French word goes back to Latin dominus 'lord', the same root you see in dominate. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine the black-and-white tiles as tiny cloaks or masks, which is why the game pieces are called dominos.