Definitions

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  • noun Alternative spelling of mahjong.

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  • noun Chinese game played by 4 people with 144 tiles

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Examples

  • There was still a large sitting or recreational room where there once were card tables used for board games, dominos, card games or a game none of us had ever heard of before, something called mah-jongg.

    The Runaways V.C. Andrews 1998

  • There was still a large sitting or recreational room where there once were card tables used for board games, dominos, card games or a game none of us had ever heard of before, something called mah-jongg.

    The Runaways V.C. Andrews 1998

  • “Seriously, Grandmother, have you ever thought about taking up mah-jongg?”

    Ominous Kate Brian 2011

  • She also said he had affairs with a number of women, including the managers of a hotel and a bank branch in Wuhan, and demanded a total of 500,000 yuan from Mr. Lan to finance mah-jongg games and hisson's trips to France and Hong Kong.

    China Whistleblower on Graft Gets Unusual Media Help Jeremy Page 2011

  • They quit bowling on Friday nights and stayed home to play mah-jongg, which was also a lot of exercise.

    Ruby Lu Star of the Star of the Show Lenore Look 2011

  • They quit bowling on Friday nights and stayed home to play mah-jongg, which was also a lot of exercise.

    Ruby Lu Star of the Star of the Show Lenore Look 2011

  • They quit bowling on Friday nights and stayed home to play mah-jongg, which was also a lot of exercise.

    Ruby Lu Star of the Star of the Show Lenore Look 2011

  • “Seriously, Grandmother, have you ever thought about taking up mah-jongg?”

    Ominous Kate Brian 2011

  • They quit bowling on Friday nights and stayed home to play mah-jongg, which was also a lot of exercise.

    Ruby Lu Star of the Star of the Show Lenore Look 2011

  • His father, a retired shovel-truck driver, quit mah-jongg and a five-decade-long smoking habit overnight, Sung says.

    Batteries Required? Joyce Huang 2010

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