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Fives

Fives Meaning & Definition
Fives Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fives?

[n] (British) a game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls

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See Also | court game

Fives In Webster's Dictionary

\Fives\ (f[imac]vz), n. pl. A kind of play with a ball against a wall, resembling tennis; -- so named because three fives, or fifteen, are counted to the game. --Smart. {Fives court}, a place for playing fives.
\Fives\, n. [See {Vives}.] A disease of the glands under the ear in horses; the vives. --Shak.

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