Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A card, die, or domino with three pips.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A card or die with three spots. Also
tray .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Three, at cards, dice, or dominoes; a card, die, or domino of three spots or pips.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun slang A
playing card with the rank of three. - noun A score of
three in cards, dice, or dominoes.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But Wade then found Jones for the long trey from the right wing and Alonzo Mourning, in foul trouble all night, came across the lane to swat away Larry Hughes 'final attempt to tie the game with eight seconds to go.
USATODAY.com - Wade, Heat bump Wizards for second-round sweep 2005
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"We knew they liked to run and lob the ball up for the 'trey' a lot," Maryland guard Chris McCray said.
USATODAY.com 2003
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Here, you know, people stake their luck on a cardinal just as they nurse a 'trey' in the lottery, and if their cardinal proves the winning number and becomes pope they gain a fortune.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Complete ��mile Zola 1871
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Here, you know, people stake their luck on a cardinal just as they nurse a 'trey' in the lottery, and if their cardinal proves the winning number and becomes pope they gain a fortune.
The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete Lourdes, Rome and Paris ��mile Zola 1871
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That worthy soul was nursing up a combination of three numbers called a "trey" in a lottery, and lotteries give no credit to their customers.
The Two Brothers Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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That worthy soul was nursing up a combination of three numbers called a "trey" in a lottery, and lotteries give no credit to their customers.
The Celibates Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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..one quick finger compression is all it takes...like a roll of the loaded dice, it comes up an elliptic "trey" any & every time i need it...
This Just In: Plugs and Deliberations BikeSnobNYC 2009
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amd fan boi: do something useful for once if that is all possible, given your penchant for dead-end technologies, shore up the blogs firewall and the one on fsj's IP also. and for f**k's sake shut up about 'caledonia,' or i'll have 'trey' back here insinuating 'c**kf*g' at you for your effeminate use of 'boi'!
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For more info check out www.treyanthonystudios.com or to contact trey, please email trey@treyanthonystudios.com.
Trey Anthony: State of Emergency for Black Girls Trey Anthony 2011
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For more info check out www.treyanthonystudios.com or to contact trey, please email trey@treyanthonystudios.com.
Trey Anthony: State of Emergency for Black Girls Trey Anthony 2011
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