sevens

/ ˈsɛvənz /

noun

1. functioning as singular a Rugby Union match or series of matches played with seven players on each side

Example Sentences

Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

From The Daily Beast

Golf and rugby sevens will be included as Olympic events in 2016, and sports like karate and squash are trying to get in.

From The Daily Beast

And when he was a young man of three sevens, he up and ses to her: ‘Helen’ ses he, ‘will you marry me?’

From Project Gutenberg

He regarded his fate as does a card-player who day after day holds sixes and sevens when other men have the aces and kings.

From Project Gutenberg

Still the Briton had her yards knowingly braced, while those of her enemy were pretty much at sixes and sevens.

From Project Gutenberg

It is registered in the British Patent Office under the number 7777, and hence is known as the "four sevens" patent.

From Project Gutenberg

And so you see here we are all at sixes and sevens once more.

From Project Gutenberg