Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA playing card or die with the rank of three. · A score of three in cards, dice, or dominoes. · A three-pointer. · A three penny coin; a thrippence.
PIE word *tréyes From Middle English trey, from Anglo-Norman trei or treis, from Old French treis (“three”). Doublet of three and tres.
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