greensomen.
/ˈɡriːns(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈɡrinsəm/ Golf (chiefly British).
A variant of a foursome match in which both teammates tee off individually at each hole and then complete the hole together by playing alternate strokes with the better of their two balls.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > types of game or match
round1744
match-playing1857
half-round1865
foursome1867
matchplay1877
stroke-game1896
threesome1901
score-play1902
stroke-competition1904
score-game1905
greensome1911
fivesome1928
skin game1942
three-ball1952
1911 Black & White 14 Jan. 52/1 The greensome has of late made considerable progress in popular favour, and certainly combines the elements of the four-ball match and the foursome in a way which is quite satisfactory.
1929 Manch. Guardian 20 May 9/6 The Prince of Wales and Walter Hagen, the open champion, played a ‘greensome’ with Sir Philip Sassoon and Aubrey Boomer, the Paris professional.
1950 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 19 July 10/3 Liguanea Golf Club run their Mixed Greensome on their improved course, tomorrow afternoon.
2002 T. Cox Nice Jumper (2003) 240 Molly Ripdale, a 73-year-old cataract-sufferer who captained the ladies' greensome team, was in the vicinity.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
greensomeadj.
/ˈɡriːns(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈɡrinsəm/ Now rare.
= greeny adj. 2.In quot. 1876 apparently a noun; the intended meaning is unclear.In quot. 1883 a suggested emendation to Shakespeare Tempest v. i. 36.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] > greenish
greenisha1398
herbish1562
watcheta1609
willowish1653
greeny1657
viridescent1847
greensome1883
greenery1896
1876 W. Renton Oils & Water-colours 87 The hawthorn thickets..A gruesome greensome splashed with blood..scarlet-red Within their berries.]
1883 L. H. Grindon Shakspere Flora xii. 256 You demi-puppets that By moonshine do the greensome ringlets make Whereof the ewe not bites... ‘Greensome’, again, almost always printed ‘green sour’, is surely the epithet intended.
1885 C. G. Leland Brand-new Ballads (ed. 2) 121 His eyes were large and greensome.
1901 Westm. Gaz. 19 Oct. 2/1 A suit, a shirt, and other man's belongings..were strewn on the bank of a greensome bywater.
1908 Westm Gaz. 15 June 2/3 Bright hazel there, What makes you so greensome?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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