Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old game, a kind of backgammon.
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Examples
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Only against Masquerades and Faro-tables, as likewise against the pernicious game of E. O., post and pair, fayles, dust-point, do I sternly set my face, deeming them as wholly wicked, carnal, and unprofitable, and leading directly to perdition.
The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... George Augustus Sala 1861
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*twies tu abzorb dis teknical descwipshun, but fayles*
ITTEH BITTEH - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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2493: And now my Sight fayles, and my Braine is giddie.
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1020: Till Lionels Issue fayles, his should not reigne.
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1547: What fayles in poyson, weele supply in steele.
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