tray-trip

noun

tray-trip

noun

Etymology From trey (“three”).

1

Obsolete An old game played with dice. It is unknown what the game involved, but it is likely dependent on rolling a 3.

  • Shall I play my freedom at tray-trip, and become thy bond-slave?c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]:

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