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threesies

threesies noun: a call in any children's game, such as jacks, where three actions must be performed.

Noun

threesies (plural threesies)

  1. A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where three actions must be performed.
    • She had missed on fivesies, I'd missed on threesies, and this would be the deciding round.1999, Susan J. Bandy, Anne S. Darden, Crossing boundaries, page 239
  2. (childish) The sharing of something between three people.

Forms of threesies

pluralthreesies

Origin of threesies

From three + -sies.

Questions about threesies

What does threesies mean?
Threesies means a call in any children's game, such as jacks, where three actions must be performed.
What part of speech is threesies?
Threesies is a noun.
What is the plural of threesies?
The plural of threesies is threesies.

Words near threesies in the dictionary

  1. threescore and ten
  2. threescore-and-ten
  3. threescores
  4. threeside
  5. threesides
  6. threesies
  7. threesome
  8. threesomeness
  9. threesomes
  10. threespace
  11. threespaces

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