dambrod

The term dambrod, which has already supplied materials for a good story, arises from adopting French terms into Scottish language, as dams were the pieces with which the game of draughts was played (Fr. dammes).

Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Ramsay, Edward B 1874

The recollection decides me to court my own warm hearth, to challenge my right hand again to a game at the "dambrod" against my left.

Auld Licht Idyls 1898

The recollection decides me to court my own warm hearth, to challenge my right hand again to a game at the "dambrod" against my left.

Auld Licht Idylls 1898

I offered to play you at the dambrod to keep you out.

Tommy and Grizel 1898

Thrums, I was ben in the room playing Hendry at the dambrod.

A Window in Thrums 1898

In love-making, as in the favourite Thrums game of the dambrod, there are sixty-one openings, and he knew them all.

Tommy and Grizel 1898

The dambrod players pay no attention to David, nor does he regard them.

What Every Woman Knows 1898

On the drawers stands a board with coloured marbles for the game of solitaire, and I have only to open the drawer with the loose handle to bring out the dambrod.

A Window in Thrums 1898

He invited the doctor, who so obviously distrusted him, to drop in of an evening for a game at the dambrod

Tommy and Grizel 1898

And some boys still wore their caps with the wee dambrod pattern jauntily, and some had no caps to wear, and some were all daubed about with white bandages stained crimson, and none had hose, and few had brogues.

My War Experiences in Two Continents Betty Keays-Young [Editor] Salmon 1890