Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In draughts or checkers, the last row of squares on each side on which the pieces which are to be crowned or made king are placed or which they must reach.
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Examples
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Laughed when a man was crowned, or a breach was made in the king-row.
Elson Grammar School Literature v4 William H. Elson
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Laughed when a man was crowned, or a breach was made in the king-row.
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A peal of triumph from the rear room indicated that Major Cooney had reached the king-row in the teeth of bitter opposition.
V. V.'s Eyes Henry Sydnor Harrison 1905
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There was a terrible Indian fight here once; the Pawnees in the king-row, and all the hosts of the Midianites, and Hivites, and Jebusites, Kiowa, Comanche, and Kaw, rag-tag and bobtail, trying to get 'em out.
Vanguards of the Plains Margaret Hill McCarter 1899
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-- And jest then his remarks wuz brung to a close by Wes a-jumpin 'two men, and a-lightin' square in the king-row ....
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) Various 1887
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By noon Nelson had gotten several men into the king-row.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers Elbert Hubbard 1885
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"There now," cried he, "chase my men up to the king-row, so I can't crown 'em, do!"
Captain Horace Sophie May 1869
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Laughed when a man was crowned, or a breach was made in the king-row.
Evangeline 1847
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Laughed when a man was crowned, or a breach was made in the king-row.
Evangeline with Notes and Plan of Study Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1844
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Laughed when a man was crowned, or a breach was made in the king-row.
Evangeline Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1844
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