Meanings
nounpair royal (plural pairs royal)
plural pairs royal
- card gamesthree of a kind in certain card games.
Given a choice of pairing or making fifteen with the previously played card, prefer to peg 2 for the fifteen rather than make the pair and perhaps give your opponent a pair royal.
1979, David Parlett, The Penguin Book of Card Games (paperback), Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 343Synonyms: prial
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthree of a kind in certain card games.
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