thick and threefold

Meaning: (dated,idiomatic)In quick succession, or in great numbers.c.1515–1516, published 1568,John Skelton,Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.:A ſclaunderous tunge, a tunge of a ſkolde,Worketh more miſchiefe than can be tolde;That, if I wiſt not to be controlde,Yet ſomwhat to ſay I dare well be bolde,How ſome delite for to lye,thycke and threfolde.1692,Roger L’Estrange, “(please specify the fable number.)(please specify the name of the fable.)”, inFables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists:[…], London:[…]R[ichard]Sare,[…],→OCLC:They camethick and threefoldfor a time, as she expected they should, till at last, one experienc'd stager that had baffled twenty traps and tricks before, discover'd the plot, and quite spoyl'd the jest.

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