Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

costly colours

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables: cost-ly -colours
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An English card game for two players, similar to cribbage and particularly popular in Shropshire.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Other games were cribbage, all fours, ruff and honours, French ruff, five cards, costly colours, bon ace, putt, plain dealing, Queen Nazareen, pennech, post and pair, bankafalat, beast."

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

costly colors (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

mog

Questions

What does costly colours mean?: An English card game for two players, similar to cribbage and particularly popular in Shropshire.

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