threesies

English

Etymology

three +‎ -sies

Noun

threesies (plural threesies)

  1. A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where three actions must be performed.
    • 1999, Susan J. Bandy, Anne S. Darden, Crossing boundaries, page 239:
      She had missed on fivesies, I'd missed on threesies, and this would be the deciding round.
  2. (childish) The sharing of something between three people.

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