THREE
NOUNS
► EARTH ► EERTH ► ERTH three → M19 back-slang
► PAIR-ROYAL a set of three persons or things; three of a kind → 1592
► THREE-PEAT the third repetition of a feat; something like a ‘hat trick’ → 1990s US sl.
► VICAR OF BRAY the number three; three → 1960 UK rhyming sl. for ‘trey’
VERBS
► TERTIATE to do a thing three times; to do or perform for the third time → 1623 obs.
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