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tray-trip

tray-trip noun: an old game played with dice. It is unknown what the game involved, but it is likely dependent on rolling a 3.

Noun

tray-trip (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) An old game played with dice. It is unknown what the game involved, but it is likely dependent on rolling a 3.
    • Shall I play my freedom at tray-trip, and become thy bond-slave?c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Forms of tray-trip

alternative formtrey-trip

Origin of tray-trip

From trey (“three”).

Questions about tray-trip

What does tray-trip mean?
Tray-trip means an old game played with dice. It is unknown what the game involved, but it is likely dependent on rolling a 3.
What part of speech is tray-trip?
Tray-trip is a noun.

Words near tray-trip in the dictionary

  1. tray ceilings
  2. tray table
  3. tray tables
  4. tray-table
  5. tray-tables
  6. tray-trip
  7. traybake
  8. traybaked
  9. traybakes
  10. traybodies
  11. traybody

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