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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 21 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHECKERS , the name by which the See also:

game of See also:draughts (q.v.) is known in See also:America. The origin of the name is the same as that of " See also:chess " (q.v.).

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