Noun
A corruption of pair royal. See under Pair, n.
Source: Webster's dictionaryPrial, Frank J. (December 13, 1973), "Chesimard Trial Goes To The Jury", The New York Times, p. 42. This trial resulted in a hung jury and then a mistrial when the jury reported to Gagliardi that they were hopelessly deadlocked for the fourth time. Source: Internet
Frank J. Prial, ''Decantations: Reflections on Wine by the New York Times Wine Critic, St. Martin's Griffin, 2002, p. 16 In its first edition, the paper carried the solution to the last crossword puzzle of the earlier Sun published in 1950. Source: Internet