luffarschack
Swedish
Etymology
From luffare (“vagabond, tramp”) + schack (“chess”).
Noun
luffarschack n
- tic-tac-toe, gomoku, and similar games where the goal is to get a certain number of the same mark in a row (with the marks usually being crosses and circles)
- Synonyms: (tic-tac-toe) tripp trapp trull, (tic-tac-toe, Finland Swedish) bondschack, (tic-tac-toe) tre i rad (“three in a row”), fem i rad (“five in a row, etc.”)
Usage notes
Usage appears to vary. People into more advanced variants on a larger grid (as a hobby) seem to mostly equate luffarschack with those, while others are likely to equate it with tic-tac-toe.
Declension
| Declension of luffarschack | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | luffarschack | luffarschacket | — | — |
| Genitive | luffarschacks | luffarschackets | — | — |
References
- luffarschack in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- luffarschack in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)