"sixes" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-sixes.ogg
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  1. plural of six Tags: form-of, plural Form of: six
    Sense id: en-sixes-en-noun-FdicVOAH

Noun

Audio: En-au-sixes.ogg
Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} sixes pl (plural only)
  1. (poker slang) A pair of sixes. Tags: plural, plural-only, slang Categories (topical): Poker Translations (pair of sixes): kuutospari (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-sixes-en-noun-GJ1is0uN Topics: card-games, poker Disambiguation of 'pair of sixes': 100 0
  2. Short for six of one, half a dozen of the other. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, plural, plural-only Alternative form of: six of one, half a dozen of the other
    Sense id: en-sixes-en-noun-PH9Kopyp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 17 80 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 30 16 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 21 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 17 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 17 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 11 18 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 5 19 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: at sixes and sevens Translations (plural of 'six'): шестёрки (šestjórki) (Russian)
Disambiguation of "plural of 'six'": 35 65
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