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Word: parcheesi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Usage:

...Wolders) is unaccountably smitten by her, and they begin one of those romances that require them to wander around a lot of picturesque locations - Yucatan, in this case. The antique splendors of Chichen Itza make the passions of Interval seem petty indeed, but so would a brisk round of Parcheesi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Quick Cuts | 6/25/1973 | See Source »

...tourist spots as the U.N. and the Empire State Building-as well as at 17 Horn & Hardarts. Meanwhile, Guterman has not neglected his older customers. At a Lexington Avenue branch, senior citizens can enjoy a five-course meal for only $1.25, topped off with an hour of bingo or Parcheesi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MERCHANDISING: Rescuing the Automat | 5/28/1973 | See Source »

...They were divorced when Bobby was two. When his mother went to work, Bobby was left in the care of his older sister Joan. She kept him amused by playing board games with him in their three-room walk-up apartment in Brooklyn. When Monopoly and Parcheesi palled, Joan bought a cheap plastic chess set at the local candy store. She was eleven at the time and Bobby was six, and together they worked out the moves. Bobby took to the game instantly, trouncing his sister so handily that he soon began playing both ends of the board himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battle of the Brains | 7/31/1972 | See Source »

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