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The name that promises three-point range but usually delivers two turnovers.
means A set or card/die face of three, most familiar now as basketball slang for a three-point shot.
from From Old French 'treis/trei' meaning three, descended from Latin 'tres' (three) — the same root that gives us 'triple' and 'trio.' It first settled into English through card and dice games, where a 'trey' was simply the three, before basketball culture adopted it in the 20th century to name the three-pointer.
- card meaning
- the three in a deck of cards
- etymology
- from old french treis, meaning three
- basketball slang
- shorthand for a three-point shot
- naming pattern
- often marks a third, as in junior's son