three of a kind
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Texas Tech made it a pair by beating Utah State in the early game Friday and the Cougars made it three of a kind with Friday night’s victory.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 2021
If this were Yahtzee, he’d have to decide between taking three points for three of a kind or 30 for a small straight.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 31, 2018
Sadly, "Wild Card" is no royal flush, no full house, no three of a kind.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2015
And, with a pair of noteworthy Queens already in her hand, she was reasonably sure of drawing three of a kind on Broadway this week.
From Time Magazine Archive
A player may also appropriate another player's discard to fill a set of three of a kind or four of a kind by announcing "Pung."
From Pung Chow The Game of a Hundred Intelligences. Also known as Mah-Diao, Mah-Jong, Mah-Cheuk, Mah-Juck and Pe-Ling by Harr, Lew Lysle
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