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trime

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[trahym] / traɪm /

noun

  1. a former silver three-cent coin of the U.S., issued from 1851 to 1873.

Etymology

Origin of trime

Perhaps tri- + (di)me

Example Sentences

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We put in hear to trime her, & I thinke, as others also, if we had stayed at sea but 3. or 4. howers more, shee would have sunke right downe.

From The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Volume 6 by Ames, Azel

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