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mathrees

mathrees is the plural of mathree.

Meaning of mathree

Noun

mathree (plural mathrees)

  1. (Kenya, Sheng, slang) Synonym of matatu.
    • This has been going on for a while - ever since I came of drinking age and quickly learnt that a version of the truth on most national or local matters or at least an inkling can be found in the stranger sitting next to me in the pub; that woman in the mathree; that cab-driver late at night.2007, Billy Kahora, Binyavanga Wainaina, Kwani?
    Synonyms:
    matatu

Questions about mathrees

What is mathrees the plural of?
Mathrees is the plural of mathree.

Words near mathrees in the dictionary

  1. Mathon
  2. mathophobia
  3. Mathoura
  4. mathphobia
  5. mathree
  6. mathrees
  7. Mathry
  8. maths
  9. Maths A
  10. Maths B
  11. Maths C

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mathrees (page history and authors); mathree (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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