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Fives

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Noun

1. fives

a game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Fives

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noun
(functioning as singular)
a ball game similar to squash but played with bats or the hands

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Fives

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noun
a kind of handball played in England

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Fives

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n.
1. The cardinal number equal to 4 + 1.
2. The fifth in a set or sequence.
3. Something, such as a quintet or a basketball team, that has five parts, units, or members.
4. A five-dollar bill.
5. fives (used with a sing. verb) Sports One of several forms of handball originating in England and played mainly at British schools and universities, in which only the receiving side can score points.

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