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Chinese puzzle   /tʃaɪnˈiz pˈəzəl/   Listen
Chinese puzzle

noun
1.
Intricate or ingenious puzzle consisting of boxes within boxes.





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"Chinese puzzle" Quotes from Famous Books



... in trying," said Joe, "though compared to this a Chinese puzzle is as simple as A B C. Let's take a hack at it, anyhow. We'll each take a separate sheet of paper and try to get something out of it ...
— The Radio Boys Trailing a Voice - or, Solving a Wireless Mystery • Allen Chapman
... CHINESE PUZZLE.—The ingenious puzzle of the Chinese type shown in Fig. 369 is probably older than many of us could guess, but as it is one that can be made by any woodworker we give full directions as to how it may be constructed. The complete article may be called, in form, a six-pointed pyramid. ...
— Woodwork Joints - How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. • William Fairham
... I shall be shaking the dust of Dreiberg, and I want to know beforehand what this Chinese puzzle is. What did you do that compelled your ...
— The Goose Girl • Harold MacGrath


Words linked to "Chinese puzzle" :   puzzle


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