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Either that or spread the illness to the rest of the populace as a carrier and when we are the last two on the planet we can either get to workin on repopulating or maybe play parcheesi.
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I hope I have a better experience on Friday, or I may just take up parcheesi.
Archive 2009-01-01 Matthew Buckley 2009
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I hope I have a better experience on Friday, or I may just take up parcheesi.
Back into Running... Matthew Buckley 2009
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To this day mention the game trouble, parcheesi, in any language and one of my most calm sons will probably throw the board at his father.
"Sisters spread happiness while brothers breed distress..." Ann Althouse 2009
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All you'll need are a stop watch, one die stolen from a parcheesi game, and easy access to a puke bucket.
Speedlinking 9/6/07 William Harryman 2007
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The hobby of the week was parcheesi, which we played every night until 3 am.
cacatherine Diary Entry cacatherine 2007
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In the parlors the guests played cards, but in Number Six, deferring silently to David's calling, they pulled out checkers and parcheesi, and fought desperate battles over the boards.
Sunny Slopes Ethel Hueston
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David and Carol laughed, and when the doctor went away, and David was safely in bed, Carol perched up beside him and they had a stirring game of parcheesi.
Sunny Slopes Ethel Hueston
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I tell you I don't want you around here, you and your travelling parcheesi.
Parnassus on Wheels Christopher Morley 1923
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Greene, an unidentified girl from Minneapolis; all playing parcheesi, explaining that they thought it not quite proper to play cards on
The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Sinclair Lewis 1918
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