Meaning of Trey | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A playing card or die with the rank of three.
2. A nickname for someone who is the third person in the family sharing his father's name.
3. A score of three in cards, dice, or dominoes.
4. A male given name from English of modern usage, derived from the nickname.
5. A three-pointer.
   Canada, US, informal, obsolete
6. A three penny coin; a thrippence.
   Australia, informal
7. The third bearer of the same personal name in a family, often denoted by suffixed Roman numeral III.
   informal
8. The third branch of a deer's antler.

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Examples

“Before you begin⟳ the Game at Picket, you must throw⟳ out of the Pack⟳ the Deuces, Treys, Fours and Fives, and play⟳ with the rest⟳ of the Cards, which are in number⟳ thirty and six.”

“He had been a pretty good guy, straight as ace-deuce-trey-four-five, till he got on the force⟳.”

“You see⟳, Sir, when I look⟳ at the Ace it reminds me that there is but one God. The deuce reminds me that the bible is divided into two parts; the Old and New Testaments. And when I see⟳ the trey I think⟳ of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.”

“Davidson had caught a trey which did not seem to improve⟳ his hand, yet he threw three dollars into the pot.”

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