pair royal
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]pair royal (plural pairs royal)
- (card games) three of a kind in certain card games.
- Synonym: prial
- 1979, David Parlett, The Penguin Book of Card Games (paperback), Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 343:
- 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.