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Fives court
Fives Fives (f[imac]vz), n. pl. A kind of play with a ball against a wall, resembling tennis; -- so named because three fives, or fifteen, are counted to the game. --Smart. Fives court, a place for playing fives.

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- singles and doubles teams, in an either three- or four-sided court. The origin of the name "fives" for the game is uncertain; however, two main theories are...
- Eton fives, a derivative of the British game of fives, is a handball game, similar to Rugby fives, pla**** as doubles in a three-sided court. The object...
- Rugby fives is a handball game, similar to squash, pla**** in an enclosed court. It has similarities with Winchester fives (a form of Wes**** fives) and...
- Court of Fives is the first high fantasy book in the Court of Fives series by Kate Elliott. It was released on August 18, 2015. Racial inequality- In...
- fives court, built in 1860. One source states that Lord Weymouth's school had a court before 1787. Fives has some similarities to squash: the court is...
- Forty-fives (also known as Auction Forty-Fives, Auction 120s, 120, and Growl) is a trick-taking card game that originated in Ireland. The game is po****r...
- remnants of several open-air fives courts, one of which is said to be a doubles court. In the late 1960s, these were functional courts, albeit of odd design...
- in 1877), the gymnasium in 1872, the enlarged chapel in 1875 and the Fives Court in 1879. The largest building project was opened at the end of Guy's...
- alley into two fives courts, one for Eton Fives and the other for Rugby Fives. By 1900 the Rugby fives court was being used as a squash court. In 1913 a covered...
- April 1907, the Tennis, Rackets & Fives ****ociation of Queens, New York, which regulated those three sports (fives being a similar sport using hands instead...