Synonyms for draughts
dræfts, drɑftsdraughts

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1. draughtsnoun

   Synonyms:
   checkers

2. draughtsnoun

   A game for two players played on a chessboard in which the players each have 12 pieces, known as men, and the object is to capture each of the opponent's pieces by jumping one's own pieces over the opponent's pieces. (See the Wikipedia page for the full rules of the game. There are various variants of the game.)

   Synonyms:
   checkers

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1. checkers, draughtsnoun

   a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces

   Synonyms:
   checkers

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1. • Board Game

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1. draughtsnoun

   Synonyms:
   checkers

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1. List of paraphrases for "draughts":

   deflections, gusts

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How to use draughts in a sentence?

1. Alexander Pope, An essay on Criticism:

   A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again.

2. John Gay:

   Fill it up. I take as large draughts of liquor as I did of love. I hate a flincher in either.