Crossword clues for parcheesi
parcheesi
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Parcheesi \Par*chee"si\ (p[aum]r*ch[=e]"z[i^]), n. See Pachisi.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1800, from Hindi pachisi, from pachis "twenty-five" (highest throw of the dice), from Sanskrit panca "five" (see five) + vinsati-s "twenty." Modern spelling outside India, with intrusive -r-, was enshrined 1892 by trademark name.
Wikipedia
Parcheesi is a brand-name American adaptation of the Indian cross and circle board game Pachisi, published by Parker Brothers and Winning Moves. The game and its variants are known worldwide. A similar game called Parchís is popular in Spain and northern Morocco. Parqués is its Colombian variant. A version is available in the United Kingdom under the name of Ludo.
Usage examples of "parcheesi".
Not “I’m not sure I’m ready yet, David,” or “Are you talking about what I think you’re talking about, David, or do you really mean Parcheesi as in…Parcheesi?
I’d seen the twinkle in his eye when he’d broken out the Parcheesi board (Yes!
There would be clothes to hang out and take in for his mother, games of tag and guns in the Barrens, and, during a rainy spell the first four days of August, the seven of them would go on a mad Parcheesi jag at Richie Tozier's house, making blockades, sending each other back with great abandon, deliberating exactly how to split the roll of the dice while rain dripped and ran outside.
One arm was immured in a plaster-of-Paris cast and he had his Parcheesi board under the other.
When he had gone out with his Parcheesi board there had been none of the usual cautions: Be careful, Eddie, get under cover if it rains, Eddie, don't you dare play any rough games, Eddie.
We’ll come play Parcheesi in here this afternoon so you’re not trapped in the twilight zone alone all day, and I’ll call to let people know the party’s canceled.
The Willson girls abandoned their Parcheesi, to stare at the great—what else?
Simon asked, looking up from the group which was huddled over a Parcheesi board on the floor.