tric-trac

After dinner my father and mother played at tric-trac or piquet, or, to speak more truly, pretended to play, that they might have an opportunity of saying a few words to one another.

Archive 2009-03-01 elena maria vidal 2009

After dinner my father and mother played at tric-trac or piquet, or, to speak more truly, pretended to play, that they might have an opportunity of saying a few words to one another.

Life in the Temple Prison elena maria vidal 2009

And I — "Descartes puffed out his chest proudly, but the expansion of his midriff was manifestly greater and Arabella's composure teetered on the brink for a difficult moment" — in certain circles I am known as Jacques du tric-trac.

Salvage for the Saint Charteris, Leslie, 1907- 1983

_ In the romances of the Middle Ages the game of tables means tric-trac, chess, checkers, etc.

La Chanson de Roland : Translated from the Seventh Edition of Léon Gautier L��once [Translator] Rabillon

They waited until midnight, each pretending for the other's sake to a confidence fully sustained, each invaded by vague premonitions of evil, yet beguiling the time by playing tric-trac in the great salon, as if they had not a single anxious thought between them.

Scaramouche Rafael Sabatini 1912

She set herself to finding out the resources of her new estate, driving daily through the parks; she superintended the gardens, planned repairs and improvements in the chateau, looked up the poor and sick, invited in the people of Evreux whom she wanted to know, and every night played her favorite game of tric-trac with the bishop of the diocese.

The Life Of Napoleon Bonaparte Tarbell, Ida 1899

She embroidered, to be sure, but not because she cared for it, she did like cards, and played tric-trac whenever etiquette allowed it.

The Life Of Napoleon Bonaparte Tarbell, Ida 1899

The lead, being heavy, would stay where it fell; the rules I do not know, but the scene reminded me of the tric-trac contests depicted by the old Dutch painters.

Round About a Great Estate Richard Jefferies 1867

He was a merry old soul, and most learned man; would dine very gaily with Mr. Lieutenant, or his deputy, or the Fort Major, swig his bottle of claret, and play a game of tric-trac afterwards; and it was something laughable to watch the quiet cunning way in which he would seek to Convert us Warders who had the guarding of him to the Romanist faith.

The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... George Augustus Sala 1861

They play whist and tric-trac in the afternoon and faro in the evening.

The Ancient Regime Hippolyte Taine 1860