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Three Stooges

Three Stooges noun: a group of three stupid people.

Noun

Three Stooges

  1. (idiomatic) A group of three stupid people.

Origin of Three Stooges

From The Three Stooges (1922-1970), a comedy troupe whose stage act and short films featured three quarrelsome and absurd characters of low intelligence, given to insults and violent slapstick, who often stood in contrast with or were manipulated by characters of a higher social class.

Questions about Three Stooges

What does Three Stooges mean?
Three Stooges means a group of three stupid people.
What part of speech is Three Stooges?
Three Stooges is a noun.

Words near Three Stooges in the dictionary

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  4. three squares
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  7. three stops short of Dagenham
  8. three strikes and you're out
  9. Three T's
  10. three thousand
  11. three times a charm

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