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noun
A children's luck-based board game of Indian origin, played on a numbered grid, the aim of which is to proceed to the end, and in which ladders aid progress and snakes impede it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Any situation in which people or events go forward and backward, seemingly at random.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, uncountable
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noun
a board game for children who use dice to move counters up ladders and down snakes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: board game
History
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Across languages
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