three-handed
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of three-handed
First recorded in 1710–20
Example Sentences
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“The fashion that we did it … doing this three-handed, it’s just amazing.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 14, 2022
Young’s vision of quiet middle-class mayhem, drawn from the three-handed struggle between young Vicki and her tormentors, is bold and unflinching.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2017
It's possible to have your laundry delivered at the Pump and then lose your shirt at Horse, a tough, three-handed card game.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even a three-handed, six-eyed shut-in would have been hard-pressed to cope; Friday evening alone, for instance, nine new shows were thrown on the air.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the evenings we played three-handed bridge with an Englishman named Harris, who had walked over from Saint Jean Pied de Port and was stopping at the inn for the fishing.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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