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Three Sisters

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noun

  1. a play (1901) by Anton Chekhov.


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Nikki and her three sisters lived behind a red door in a ground-floor flat of the Wear Garth block in Sunderland's east end.

From BBC

In addition to his brother, Mr. Strachwitz is survived by three sisters, Rosy Schlueter, Barbara Steward and Frances Strachwitz.

From New York Times

It was Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton who set their lengthy mission of service into motion when she sent three sisters to New York City in 1817 to start an orphanage.

From Seattle Times

For two weeks, a strange bird has perched in Brooklyn over the treetops of one of the Three Sisters Islands in Prospect Park Lake.

From New York Times

But the three sisters and Alton are the soul of “Sidney Brustein,” the ones who make its ending land so potently.

From New York Times