exes
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛksəz/
Noun
exes
- plural of ex
- 1997, John Trotter, System of Rational Discourse, page 22:
- It is not unknown for a logician to talk about exes and wyes.
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Verb
exes
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ex
Etymology 3
Backslang for six
Alternative forms
- exis
Noun
exes
- (costermongers) The number six.
- 1851, Mayhew, Henry, “Gambling of Costermongers”, in London Labour and the London Poor, volume 1, page 17:
- The betting also began to shift. "Sixpence Ned wins!" cried three or four; "Sixpence he loses!" answered another; "Done!" and up went the halfpence. "Half-a-crown Joe loses!"—"Here you are," answered Joe, but he lost again. "I'll try you a 'gen'" (shilling) said a coster; "And a rouf yenap'" (fourpence), added the other. "Say a 'exes'" (sixpence).—"Done!" and the betting continued, till the ground was spotted with silver and halfpence.
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- (gambling) Odds of six to one.
Further reading
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Noun
exes
- plural of exe
Anagrams
- sexe
Asturian
Noun
exes
- plural of exa
- plural of exe
Spanish
Noun
exes m pl or f pl
- plural of ex