What is a set of four; -- from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner. [Obs.] Latimer called?
mess — A set of four; -- from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner. [Obs.] Latimer. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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