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Meaning of Trey | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/tɹeɪ/

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.

Equivalents

Čeština trojka
Suomi kolmonen
日本語 トレイ
Polski dryja
Português terno três
Svenska trea

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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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