nine men's morris

名词 n.
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名词 n.
  1. An ancient strategic board game for two players, each having nine pieces, and in which forming a row of three of one's own pieces earns the removal of one of the other player's pieces. uncountable
    — The nine mens Morris is fild vp with mud, / And the queint Mazes in the wanton greene,

词源

Popularly claimed to ultimately be from Latin merellus (“gamepiece (incl. in draughts), token, etc.”); a possible connection has also been linked to French marelle (“hopscotch”).
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