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noughts-and-crosses
[ nawts-uhn-kraw-siz, -kros-iz ]
noughts and crosses
noun
- functioning as singular a game in which two players, one using a nought, "O", the other a cross, "X", alternately mark one square out of nine formed by two pairs of crossed lines, the winner being the first to get three of his symbols in a row US and Canadian termtick-tack-toeUScrisscross
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Word History and Origins
Origin of noughts-and-crosses1
First recorded in 1890–95
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Example Sentences
I'd back him at cat's-cradle, and I dare say he plays a very fair game at noughts-and-crosses.
From Project Gutenberg
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