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draughts
Part of Speech: noun plural
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Examples of usage:
- The latter, more upon his guard than Manfred wished, declined his frequent challenges, on pretence of his late loss of blood; while the Prince, to raise his own disordered spirits, and to counterfeit unconcern, indulged himself in plentiful draughts, though not to the intoxication of his senses. - "The Castle of Otranto", Horace Walpole.
- And there the dead man, dead now no more, but living for ever, spent his time in endless peace and happiness, sowing and reaping, paddling in his canoe along the canals, or resting and playing draughts in the evening under the sycamore- trees. - "Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt", James Baikie.
- In a word, she proposed coming on to her admirer and, as she supposed, her victim, and having the satisfaction of giving him his cooling draughts and arranging his bandages. - "The Young Duke", Benjamin Disraeli.