thirds
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thirds
- /θɜːdz/ UK
- /θɜɹdz/ Canada, US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)dz
noun
- plural of third
noun
- A third helping of food for one person, or refill of coffee or other drink. Everybody helped themselves to seconds and Meren even went for thirds. He had always been partial to good food.
- The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow was entitled to enjoy during her life.
verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of third
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: ordinal, tierce, one-third, fractional, tertiary, third gear, third base, party, third-party, bystander, quarters, outside, person, others, outsider, non-member
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title = {thirds},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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