push wood

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the pushing (moving) of (wooden) chess pieces on a (wooden) chessboard.

Verb[edit]

push wood (third-person singular simple present pushes wood, present participle pushing wood, simple past and past participle pushed wood)

  1. (intransitive, slang) To play chess.

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