Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
domino . - noun Any of several games played by arranging domino
tiles on a flat surface.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of several games played with small rectangular blocks
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Examples
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Otherwise a movie or a quiet game of cards or dominoes is the answer along with some good coffee.
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Once Lehman fell, they were like dominoes, which is why the federal government had to step in with its unprecedented $700 billion bailout.
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"Well, sir, the ball is to be like other balls, I believe, only that the guests are to appear in fancy dresses, or in loose gowns called dominoes, and to wear false faces until supper-time, when they unmask and reveal themselves to each other."
Cruel As The Grave Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth 1859
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For the "dominoes" episode of Guidolon, from SuRa:
You can make it! frankwu 2007
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Too late, Americans began to realize that the Chinese and Russians and North Vietnamese each had their own, not always matching, agendas, and that if South Vietnam fell to the communists, that did not mean that all the "dominoes" of Southeast Asia would tumble as well.
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I've never played any kind of dominoes so I'm clueless about Mexican Train.
The 4th on the 5th Holly 2008
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To kill a little bit of time before dinner, we played dominos with our host—but not the kind of dominoes we play around here—the very old fashioned kind that we used to play when we were kids!
The Great AZ Adventure Diane 2007
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To kill a little bit of time before dinner, we played dominos with our host—but not the kind of dominoes we play around here—the very old fashioned kind that we used to play when we were kids!
Archive 2007-09-01 Diane 2007
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Certain places, the Aire Saint-Mittre, for instance, are full of these dark "dominoes" brushing past one another, gliding softly in the warm nocturnal air.
The Fortune of the Rougons ��mile Zola 1871
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Private economists have calculated that if Portugal, Ireland and Spain -- the three states widely seen as the next potential 'dominoes' after Greece -- were to lose access to the sovereign debt market, it might cost about 444 billion euros to fund them through to the end of 2012.
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