Threesies

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where three actions must be performed.

    "She had missed on fivesies, I'd missed on threesies, and this would be the deciding round."

  2. 2
    The sharing of something between three people. childish

Example

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"She had missed on fivesies, I'd missed on threesies, and this would be the deciding round."

Etymology

From three + -sies.

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