back-gammon

"I dine, I play a game of back-gammon, I converse, and am merry with my friends; and when after three or four hour's amusement, I wou'd return to these speculations, they appear so cold, and strain'd, and ridiculous, that I cannot find in my heart to enter them any farther."

John Paul Rollert: The Great Infidel at 300 John Paul Rollert 2011

"I dine, I play a game of back-gammon, I converse, and am merry with my friends; and when after three or four hour's amusement, I wou'd return to these speculations, they appear so cold, and strain'd, and ridiculous, that I cannot find in my heart to enter them any farther."

John Paul Rollert: The Great Infidel at 300 John Paul Rollert 2011

Later that night, after the game, Count Lutzow (the cabbage-eating poont-fancier whom she fleeced at back-gammon two nights later) had come to her like Rumour painted full of tongues, with news that a scandalous crisis was at hand: Sir William Gordon-Cumming had been seen cheating, and watch was to be kept on him the following night.

Watershed 2010

A whole evening of back-gammon with her father, was felicity to it.

Emma Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 2001

Later that night, after the game, Count Lutzow (the cabbage-eating poont-fancier whom she fleeced at back-gammon two nights later) had come to her like Rumour painted full of tongues, with news that a scandalous crisis was at hand: Sir William Gordon-Cumming had been seen cheating, and watch was to be kept on him the following night.

Flashman And The Tiger Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1999

A back-gammon board, or pack of cards, was at hand when conversation flagged, and they were frequently brought into use.

Bond and Free: A Tale of the South 1984

After bowling, if it was too warm to invent any thing that would not be forgotten before dinner, the old routine was the order of the day; and back-gammon or flirtation had it, according as we were nearer the Florida House or the one 'round the corner.'

The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1 Various

It will be noticed that some of the outdoor games, and others devised for indoors, require some apparatus, like tennis and croquet, or back-gammon boards and magic lanterns, but the majority need only the company, and -- let it be added -- the disposition to have a good time.

Entertainments for Home, Church and School Frederica Seeger

When Grettir had gone proudly up to take his seat of honor, and the others had returned to their back-gammon and ale, Sigurd looked at Alwin with a comical grimace.

The Thrall of Leif the Lucky 1893

(Anna was absorbed in a game with Isabel, who had hunted out an old back-gammon - board, and had begged to sit up an extra hour.) "Certainly, a fine woman never looks better than on horseback," said Mr. Gascoigne.

Daniel Deronda George Eliot 1849