threesome

threesome
/three"seuhm/, adj.
1. consisting of three; threefold.
2. performed or played by three persons.
n.
3. three forming a group.
4. something in which three persons participate, as certain games.
5. Golf. a match in which two players, playing alternately with one ball, compete against a third player who also plays one ball.
[1325-75; ME thresum. See THREE -SOME2]

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