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snakes and ladders

noun [U]
 
UK (US trademark chutes and ladders)

Definition

a children's game played on a board that has pictures of snakes and laddersNames of board games
(Definition of snakes and ladders noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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