Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
three thirds , under three.
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Examples
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He called for pen and ink, and told the editor he could cut the story down three-thirds if he wanted to, and to send the forty dollars right along.
Chapter 26 2010
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Red, blue, and yellow each equal three-thirds of their respective color.
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"Congress consists of one-third, more or less, scoundrels; two-thirds, more or less, idiots; and three-thirds, more or less, poltroons."
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I do spend about a third of the year covering stories like this and a third of -- and three-thirds of the year back in Atlanta.
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We gave it our best shot in the April 2004 elections campaign but still fell short of gaining three-thirds majority.
ANC Today 2005
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April 2004 elections campaign but still fell short of gaining three-thirds majority.
ANC Today 2005
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We gave it our best shot in the April 2004 elections campaign but still fell short of gaining three-thirds majority.
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It is true that the three-thirds majority which some of you in the NUM have urged us to pursue remains elusive.
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‘Spend the night here, and you shall be fed on the flesh of lamb, and shall lay aside three-thirds of thy weariness.’
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And Covan went with him thankfully, and ate and rested, and laid aside three-thirds of his weariness.
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