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foursome
CIDE DICTIONARY
foursome, a. [Four + 2d -some.].
Consisting of four; requiring four participants. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
foursome, n.
- A game between four players, with two on each side and each side playing but one ball, the partners striking alternately. It is called a
mixed foursome when each side consists of a man and a woman. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] - A group of four people or objects; as, we need another player to make a foursome for bridge. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
foursome, n.
1 a group of four persons.
2 a golf match between two pairs with partners playing the same ball.
1 a group of four persons.
2 a golf match between two pairs with partners playing the same ball.
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foursome
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