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Exes

//ˈɛksəz// noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of ex form-of, plural

    "It is not unknown for a logician to talk about exes and wyes."

  2. 2
    The number six.

    "The betting also began to shift. "Sixpence Ned wins!" cried three or four; "Sixpence he loses!" answered another; "Done!" and up went the halfpence. "Half-a-crown Joe loses!"—"Here you are," answered Joe, but he lost again. "I'll try you a 'gen'" (shilling) said a coster; "And a rouf yenap'" (fourpence), added the other. "Say a 'exes'" (sixpence).—"Done!" and the betting continued, till the ground was spotted with silver and halfpence."

  3. 3
    Expenses. plural, plural-only, slang

    "Subs at the Star even had their own monthly exes (expenses), and we never even left the office. We got exes for our home phone calls and even our own supply of daily newspapers; in our view, most reporters made their exes up."

  4. 4
    plural of exe form-of, plural
  5. 5
    plural of EXE form-of, plural
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  1. 6
    Alternative letter-case form of exes. alt-of
  2. 7
    Odds of six to one.
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of ex form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Etymology

Backslang for six

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