trey
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- //tɹeɪ//
A playing card or die with the rank of three.
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A playing card or die with the rank of three.
Before you begin the Game at Picket, you must throw out of the Pack the Deuces, Treys, Fours and Fives, and play with the rest of the Cards, which are in number thirty and six.
He had been a pretty good guy, straight as ace-deuce-trey-four-five, till he got on the force.
You see, Sir, when I look at the Ace it reminds me that there is but one God. The deuce reminds me that the bible is divided into two parts; the Old and New Testaments. And when I see the trey I think of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
Davidson had caught a trey which did not seem to improve his hand, yet he threw three dollars into the pot.
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A score of three in cards, dice, or dominoes.
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familierA three-pointer.
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familierA three penny coin; a thrippence.
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familierThe third bearer of the same personal name in a family, often denoted by suffixed Roman numeral III.
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The third branch of a deer's antler.
Étymologie
PIE word *tréyes From Middle English trey, from Anglo-Norman trei or treis, from Old French treis (“three”). Doublet of three and tres.
Formes
- pluriel
- treys
trey · A playing card or die with the rank of three.
Trey · A nickname for someone who is the third person in the family…triad · A grouping of three.trial · An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out…