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Meaning of TRIOBOLAR

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tri*ob"o*lar\, Triobolary \Tri*ob"o*la*ry\, a. [LL.
triobolaris, fr. L. triobolus a piece of three oboli, Gr. ?.
See Tri-, and {Obolus}.]
Of the value of three oboli; hence, mean; worthless. [Obs.]

      It may pass current . . . for a triobolar ballad.
                                               --Cheyne.

 

 

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