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  • noun Plural form of three.
  • noun The age of three; three years old.
  • noun poker slang A pair of threes.
  • noun basketball Three point shots.

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Examples

  • It comes in threes, which is to say, there have been 3 ungainly transitions per sentence!

    Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009

  • It comes in threes, which is to say, there have been 3 ungainly transitions per sentence!

    Kissing Suzy Kolber Blog Archive Peter King Does Not Approve ... admin 2009

  • And great things, evidently, come in threes, as in three-point wins

    Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009

  • "Well, bad things usually come in threes," said the tow-truck driver.

    In Threes melted_snowball 2009

  • And great things, evidently, come in threes, as in three-point wins

    Kissing Suzy Kolber Blog Archive Peter King Does Not Approve ... admin 2009

  • September 1st, 2009 at 7: 53 am mj will be cremated … and melted into legos … so that all the little children can play with him! celebrity deaths always come in threes, but it would be just like billy mays to throw in one more!

    Too far, too soon. 2009

  • While "Wild Hogs 2" caps off the triumvirate of recently cancelled Disney flicks – - and, as they say, big deaths come in threes – - it's not unfair to wonder how this bodes for a fourth "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie, considering star Johnny Depp's previously announced waning enthusiasm for the franchise.

    ‘Wild Hogs 2′ Becomes The Latest Casualty Of Disney Cancellations » MTV Movies Blog 2009

  • UALR was fifth in threes made and 3-point percentage, again, thanks to Davison, but were in the bottom half of the Sun Belt in every other major team category.

    Sun Belt Conference 2010

  • Six hundred ninety-three was a family of four: a seven, eleven, and twin threes ...

    Archive 2010-04-01 Blue Tyson 2010

  • UALR was fifth in threes made and 3-point percentage, again, thanks to Davison, but were in the bottom half of the Sun Belt in every other major team category.

    Arkansas-Little Rock - Team Notes 2010

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