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Three parts gone is British slang for drunk, intocixated.
Climb the tree is slang for masturbate.
1½d (one and a half old pennies) - this lovely expression (thanks Dean) did not survive decimalisation, despite there being new decimal half-pence coins. In fact the term was obsolete before 1971 decimalisation when the old ha'penny (½d) was removed from the currency in 1969.
Throwing all three darts in the same number
Train pushed or pulled by three engines. (No doubt originated by a baseball fan)
A homosexual; from 'fag' that has three letters.
Three and me is bingo slang for the number twenty−three.
Dick (penis). She couldn't keep her jazz bands off my three card trick
Halfway there is bingo slang for the number fourty−five.
Dyke (Lesbian). She's a bit of a three wheeler
Three blind mice is London Cockney rhyming slang for rice.
Fiddlers Three is London Cockney rhyming slang for to urinate (pee).
Phrs. Drunk, very intoxicated. E.g."She was three sheets to the wind and still downing gin and tonics quicker than they could pour them."
The three R's was old slang for basic education − 'reading', 'riting' (writing), and 'rithmetic' (arithmetic).
Three sheets to the wind is British slang for very drunk, intoxicated.
Three-year term in jail
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a.
Having three nerves.
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Consisting of, or having, three valves; opening with three valves; as, a three-valved pericarp.
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Of thee, or belonging to thee; the more common form of thine, possessive case of thou; -- used always attributively, and chiefly in the solemn or grave style, and in poetry. Thine is used in the predicate; as, the knife is thine. See Thine.
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The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.
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Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three-sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp.
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Bearing three flowers together, or only three flowers.
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Having the quality of three-pile; best; most costly.
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To thrive; to prosper.
v. t.
To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree; as, to tree a boot. See Tree, n., 3.
v. i.
See Thee.
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Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat.
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Having three lobes.
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A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii.
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Consisting of three distinct leaflets; having the leaflets arranged in threes.
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The objective case of thou. See Thou.
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Connected with, or serving to connect, three channels or pipes; as, a three-way cock or valve.
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Having three prominent longitudinal angles; as, a three-cornered stem.
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Alt. of Three-leaved
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Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold.
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Producing three leaves; as, three-leaved nightshade.
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