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six-way

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.21 in modern English

Syllables
six-way
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A serving of Cincinnati chili with spaghetti, cheese, onions, beans, and either jalapeños or chopped garlic.

noun

A sexual act involving six people.

Etymology

The sense referring to a serving of Cincinnati chili was coined in the 1920s by Tom and John Kiradjieff, Slavic-Macedonian immigrants to Cincinnati, for their Empress Chili chain.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

six-ways (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

three-way four-way five-way

Questions

What does six-way mean?
A serving of Cincinnati chili with spaghetti, cheese, onions, beans, and either jalapeños or chopped garlic.
Where does six-way come from?
The sense referring to a serving of Cincinnati chili was coined in the 1920s by Tom and John Kiradjieff, Slavic-Macedonian immigrants to Cincinnati, for their Empress Chili chain.

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