Pair-royal
Pair-royal
a set of three of the same kind; a set of three persons or three cards.
Examples : pair-royal of armies, 1650; of kings (playing cards), 1803; of pamphleteers, 1592; of playing cards, 1608; in dice to throw a pair-royal (three), 1880.
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