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Definition of Fifteens
1. fifteen [n] - See also: fifteen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fifteens
Literary usage of Fifteens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Budget of Paradoxes by Augustus De Morgan (1915)
"I wanted to see whether the two would agree as to the fact of an enormous budget
of fifteens having been fired at the Council, and they did agree perfectly. ..."
2. School Boy Life in England: An American View by John Corbin (1898)
"... after the ball is kicked out the play is very fast and skilful, requiring
great dash and accuracy in kicking. In the fifteens game the hots last longer, ..."
3. Foster's Complete Hoyle: An Encyclopedia of All the Indoor Games Played at by Robert Frederick Foster (1897)
"If your combination is one in which all three cards can be replaced with the
duplicate, making three extra fifteens, it must be worth 20 altogether; ..."
4. The Book of Fate: Whereby All Questions May be Answered Respecting the by Raphael (1887)
"DEALING THE CARDS BY fifteens. After having well shuffled and cut the cards, or,
as we have before said, had them cut, deal them out in two packs, ..."
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