| 单词 | threes |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthrees d. threes, short for three per cent stock, or three per cents n. at three per cent n. (so three-and-a-halfs); for three-quarter-backs (in Football); for three-pennyworth (of liquor). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > stock > of the national debt fives1847 threes1850 four1887 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [noun] > types of player > player or position full back1875 goal kick1875 No. eight1876 goalkicker1879 three-quarter back1880 handler1888 three-quarter1889 heeler1892 scrum half1894 lock forward1898 standoff1902 five-eighth1905 hooker1905 threes1905 flying half1906 loose head1907 standoff1908 fly-half1918 fly1921 inside half1921 outside half1921 scrum1921 inside centre1936 flank forward1937 out-half1949 prop1950 prop forward1951 number eight1952 flanker1953 tight head1959 back-rower1969 second rower1969 striker1973 packman1992 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis I. xxxvii. 362 I'm told she has six hundred thousand pounds in the Threes. 1891 Daily News 27 Apr. 3/2 People who had ‘threes’ of beer and ‘large lagers’, both of which were over half a pint. 1895 Daily News 30 Sept. 2/6 French Threes rose on the day 15 c., to 101 for money. 1895 Daily News 30 Dec. 7/4 Three-and-a-Halfs declined 25 c., to 105.45 for money. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 12 Dec. 9/2 Another run by the Cambridge ‘threes’ took them down to the Oxford line once more. < as lemmas |
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