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pairs royal

pairs royal is the plural of pair royal.

Meaning of pair royal

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

Questions about pairs royal

What is pairs royal the plural of?
Pairs royal is the plural of pair royal.

Words near pairs royal in the dictionary

  1. pairs of sunglasses
  2. pairs of tongs
  3. pairs of trousers
  4. pairs of underwear
  5. pairs off
  6. pairs royal
  7. pairs up
  8. pairson
  9. pairwise
  10. pairwise disjoint
  11. pairwise linkage disequilibrium diagram

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