Lexic.us

Definition of Sevens

1. Noun. A card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards.

Definition of Sevens

1. Noun. (plural of seven) ¹

2. Noun. Rugby sevens. ¹

3. Noun. (poker slang) A pair of sevens. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sevens

1. seven [n] - See also: seven

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sevens

Literary usage of Sevens

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hints on the Interpretation of Prophecy by Moses Stuart (1842)
"Seventy sevens," or (to use Greek phraseology) " seventy heptades are determined upon thy people." Hep- tades of what ? Of days, or of years ? ..."

2. Eight Studies of the Lord's Day by George Seaman] [Gray (1884)
"Thus sacred time came to mean seventh time, and the ideas sacred and seventh were bound together, so that whatever time was numbered by sevens seemed to ..."

3. Everyday Arithmetic by Franklin Sherman Hoyt, Harriet E. Peet (1920)
"Add 7 sevens. What is their sum? 2. Find the sum of 8 sevens. Of 9 sevens. Of 10 sevens. Of 11 sevens. Of 12 sevens. 3. Practice counting by sevens from 7 ..."

4. Everyday Arithmetic by Franklin Sherman Hoyt, Harriet E. Peet (1920)
"Add 7 sevens. What is their sum? 2. Find the sum of 8 sevens. Of 9 sevens. Of 10 sevens. Of 11 sevens. Of 12 sevens. 3. Practice counting by sevens from 7 ..."

5. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"... hath left it on record, that when three sevens should meet, a star of the first lustre and magnitude would fall from the crown of Great Britain. ..."

6. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"... hath left it on record, that when three sevens should meet, a star of the first lustre and magnitude would fall from the crown of Great Britain. ..."

7. Nature cure by Henry Lindlahr (1914)
"The law of sevens governs the days of the week, the phases of the moon, ... The law of sevens dominates the life of individuals and of nations, ..."

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