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exis

exis is the alternative spelling of exes.

Meaning of exes

Noun (1)

exes

  1. (costermongers) The number six.
    • The betting also began to shift. "Sixpence Ned wins!" cried three or four; "Sixpence he loses!" answered another; "Done!" and up went the halfpence. "Half-a-crown Joe loses!"—"Here you are," answered Joe, but he lost again. "I'll try you a 'gen'" (shilling) said a coster; "And a rouf yenap'"...1851, Henry Mayhew, “Gambling of Costermongers”, in London Labour and the London Poor, volume 1, page 17
  2. Odds of six to one.

Noun (2)

exes pl (plural only)

  1. (colloquial, plural, plural-only) Expenses.
    • ‘I have offered to pay her ex's myself.’1915, Ford Madox Hueffer [i.e., Ford Madox Ford], chapter III, in The Good Soldier […], London: John Lane, The Bodley Head; New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company, →OCLC

Questions about exis

What is exis the alternative spelling of?
Exis is the alternative spelling of exes.

Words near exis in the dictionary

  1. exintine
  2. exintines
  3. exiplex
  4. exiplexes
  5. Exira
  6. exis
  7. exist
  8. existability
  9. existable
  10. existance
  11. existant

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