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  • n  a game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a square grid of nine spaces; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does

  • Last week the Daily Princetonian reported that Princeton men now rudely talk, read newspapers, play tick-tack-toe and salvo during Sunday services in their new $2,000,000 chapel.
  • As an undergraduate he invented a mechanical computer, made entirely out of Tinkertoys, that could play tick-tack-toe.
News & Articles

  • '12 Kids of Christmas'
    Her first move was an “X” in the center square of the tick-tack-toe board drawn on a frosty bus window. Angel Grant, 7, smirked at the Toledo police officer sitting next to her as if to say, “I dare you to beat me.”
    Dec. 24, 2013 - The Toledo Blade
Quotes

  • Mathieu Schneider in Toronto Sun
    We don't have the guys who make tick-tack-toe plays out there,Coyotes defenceman Mathieu Schneider said. "I'm not saying it's impossible, but we've got to get pucks on net and get them running around a little bit. If you don't put more...
  • Al Pacino in New York Times
    Later, the Pacino character responded to a question from the host (Mr. Caliendo) by roaring: "You're out of order. I'm out of order. This whole game of tick-tack-toe is out of order!"

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