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Backgammon

Definition of backgammon:

A game played with dice and pieces on a board.

Miss Lavinia was too agitated to play piquet to- night, so she and Martin sat in the porch where the light from the hall lamp was sufficient to enable them to play a couple of games of backgammon to steady her nerves, she said; and presently, as the dice ceased rattling, Evan gave me a nudge of intelligence, and looking over I found that they had reversed the board and were playing " Give away" with checkers. "People of the Whirlpool", Mabel Osgood Wright.
As usual, they played backgammon together, and it was not till Mrs. Assheton rose to go to bed that she remembered Mr. Taynton's note, asking her and Morris to dine with him on their earliest unoccupied day. "The Blotting Book", E. F. Benson.
Their Majesties dined together alone, or in the company of a few invited guests, princes of the imperial family, or ministers, after which there was a concert, reception, or the theater; and at midnight every one retired except the Empress, who greatly enjoyed sitting up late, and then played backgammon with one of the chamberlains. "The Project Gutenberg Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte", Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton.
They soon arrived at the mouth of the bear's cave, and looking in, saw the worthy Bruin quietly playing backgammon with his devoted friend Cracker. "The Joyous Story of Toto", Laura E. Richards.

Detachment

The act of separating; the thing separated; a body of troops, or certain ships, separated from the main body and sent on special service. ...