nine men's morris

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

An ancient strategic board game for two players, each having nine pieces, and in which forming a row of three of one's own pieces earns the removal of one of the other player's pieces.

Equivalents

Españoljuego del molino molino

DeutschMühle

Italianofiletto mulino

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Examples

“The nine mens Morris is fild vp with mud, / And the queint Mazes in the wanton greene,”

CEFR level

C1

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See also

Nine Mile nine night nine o'clock Nine Old Men nine one one nine points circle

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