three-pairadj.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈthree-pair.

In full, three pair of stairs (see pair n.¹ 9a). Of or belonging to the third floor, as in three-pair room, three-pair back, three-pair front, three-pair window.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [adjective] > floor or storey

understairs1616

downstairs1702

two-pair1749

below stairs1772

three-pair1788

one-pair1795

upstairs1839

1788 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 78 217 Out of a three-pair-of-stairs window.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 84 Like a squirrel in his cage, hung out of a three pair of stair's window.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxi. 202 In the two-pair back of the house..or in the three-pair front.

1883 Mrs. Plunkett in Harper's Mag. Jan. 236/2 Kate was established in the little ‘three pair back’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	three-pair
释义	three-pairadj. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈthree-pair. In full, three pair of stairs (see pair n.¹ 9a). Of or belonging to the third floor, as in three-pair room, three-pair back, three-pair front, three-pair window. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [adjective] > floor or storey understairs1616 downstairs1702 two-pair1749 below stairs1772 three-pair1788 one-pair1795 upstairs1839 1788 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 78 217 Out of a three-pair-of-stairs window. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 84 Like a squirrel in his cage, hung out of a three pair of stair's window. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxi. 202 In the two-pair back of the house..or in the three-pair front. 1883 Mrs. Plunkett in Harper's Mag. Jan. 236/2 Kate was established in the little ‘three pair back’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1788
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