three balls
Count before walk
Three balls is the traditional symbol of a pawnshop—three golden spheres hanging from a bracket.
The sign dates to medieval moneylenders and the Medici family crest.
I had to take my guitar to the three balls to make rent.
The phrase is slightly dated; most people now just say pawnshop.
- pawnshopStore lending against collateral
- jugglingSequential toss-and-catch performance
- juggling actManaging competing demands simultaneously
- billiardsCue-and-ball table game
- poolCollective fund or basin
circus · toss · cascade · performer · street performer · bouncing · spheres · lottery · bingo · street · busker · trick · catch · throw · golden · orbs · spinning · arcade
- pitch countsfull count, pitcher's count, two strikes
- pawnshopspawn shop, pawnshop, pawnbroker, pawn, pawning
- battingbatting, batter, batsman, bat speed, batting average
ball-strike count progression
three ballstwo strikes
Penultimate batting count
three strikes · pitcher's count · in the hole · behind in the count · strikeout
three, ball, balls, thrice, third, thirds, thirdly, threefold, thirteen