à troisadv.
Arranged for or shared by three persons; in a group of three. Cf. ménage à trois n.
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à trois1881
1881 L. Troubridge Jrnl. 31 Dec. in J. Hope-Nicholson Life amongst Troubridges (1966) xii. 158 A cheery dinner à trois and a quietly nice evening.
1897 G. B. Shaw Let. in J. Dunbar Mrs. G. B. S. (1963) x. 153 I bar the seaside à trois.
1962 Observer 18 Feb. 27/2 He lives à trois with a worried, irritating wife and a niece whom he loves like an incestuous father.
1966 L. Davidson Long Way to Shiloh v. 72 We were sitting taking lemon tea à trois.
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