three-handed

American  

[three-han-did] / ˈθriˈhæn dɪd /

adjective

1. involving three hands or players, as a game at cards.

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Etymology

Origin of three-handed

First recorded in 1710–20

Example Sentences

“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

Playing three-handed pinochle with a sly expression which makes him look like Jackie Searl, Prodigy Miller puts his mental agility to good use calculating the cards in his opponents' hands.

From Time Magazine Archive

Five dollars, made in 16 days of three-handed contract bridge on the S. S. Scan-york, was all Violinist Efrem Zimbalist had to show when he docked in Manhattan after 15 well-paying concerts in Russia.

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