Meanings
Origin
From The Three Stooges (1922-1970), a comedy troupe whose stage act and short films featured three quarrelsome and absurd characters of low intelligence, given to insults and violent slapstick, who often stood in contrast with or were manipulated by characters of a higher social class.
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APA
Three Stooges. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Three%20Stooges
MLA
“Three Stooges.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Three%20Stooges. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Three Stooges,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Three%20Stooges.
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