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pair royal

pair royal noun: three of a kind in certain card games.

Noun

pair royal (plural pairs royal)

  1. three of a kind in certain card games.
    • Given a choice of pairing or making fifteen with the previously played card, prefer to peg 2 for the fifteen rather than make the pair and perhaps give your opponent a pair royal.1979, David Parlett, The Penguin Book of Card Games (paperback), Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 343
    Synonyms:
    prial

Synonyms of pair royal

Forms of pair royal

pluralpairs royal

Questions about pair royal

What does pair royal mean?
Pair royal means three of a kind in certain card games.
What part of speech is pair royal?
Pair royal is a noun.
What is the plural of pair royal?
The plural of pair royal is pairs royal.

Words near pair royal in the dictionary

  1. pair off
  2. pair production
  3. pair productions
  4. pair programmer
  5. pair programming
  6. pair royal
  7. pair up
  8. pair-bond
  9. pair-bonded
  10. pair-bonder
  11. pair-bonding

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