tray-trip

noun

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

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Meanings

nountray-trip (uncountable)

alternative trey-trip

  1. obsoleteuncountableAn 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]

Origin

From trey (“three”).

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APA

tray-trip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tray-trip

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“tray-trip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tray-trip. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tray-trip,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tray-trip.

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