foursome
a company or set of four; two couples; a quartet: to make up a foursome for bridge.
Golf.
a match between two pairs of players, each of whom plays their own ball.
Also called Scotch foursome. a match between two pairs of players, in which each pair plays one ball and partners stroke alternately.
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How to use foursome in a sentence
"The foursome League," which Verity had instituted with her room-mates at the hostel, was kept by them as a solemn compact.
A Popular Schoolgirl | Angela Brazilfoursome: A match in which four persons play: two on each side.
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British Dictionary definitions for foursome
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