threes and eights
Americaninterjection
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Neither were the skaters quite equal to cutting "threes" and "eights" upon the ice; they could only push themselves along by means of a pole with an iron spike at the end.
From Old English Sports, Pastimes and Customs by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
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