Fives
A game similar to court-tennis; the hand, however, is used
instead of a racket. Said to be so called because the game is three
fives (15).
“He forgot that cricket and fives are capital training for tennis.”
—T. Hughes: Tom Brown at Oxford, chap. ii.
A bunch of fives.
The fist, in which the five fingers are bound in a bunch.
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