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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Foursome \Four"some\, noun
1. (Golf) A game between four players, with two on each side and each side playing but one ball, the partners striking alternately. It is called a mixed foursome when each side consists of a man and a woman. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. A group of four people or objects; as, we need another player to make a foursome for bridge. [PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Foursome \Four"some\ (f[=o]r"s[u^]m), adjective [Four + 2d -some.] Consisting of four; requiring four participants. [Scot. or Golf] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
foursome
noun
1: four people considered as a unit; "he joined a barbershop quartet"; "the foursome teed off before 9 a.m." [syn: {quartet}, {quartette}]
2: the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one [syn: {four}, {4}, {IV}, {tetrad}, {quatern}, {quaternion}, {quaternary}, {quaternity}, {quartet}, {quadruplet}, {Little Joe}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "foursome": Little Joe, biquadrate, bout, contest, decathlon, double-header, doubles, event, four, four-part diaphony, game, games of chance, go, match, meet, pentathlon, play, play-off, quad, quadrangle, quadrature, quadrennium, quadrilateral, quadrille, quadrinomial, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternary, quaternion, quaternity, quatrefoil, race, rectangle, runoff, singles, sport, square, square dance, squaring, tetrad, tetragon, tetragram, tetragrammaton, tetrahedron, tetralogy, tetraphony, tetrapody, threesome, twosome
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