trime

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noun

A silver coin worth three cents, minted in the US from 1851 to 1873.

OriginLatin trēs →
Scrabble 7
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Meanings

nountrime (plural trimes)

plural trimes

  1. A silver coin worth three cents, minted in the US from 1851 to 1873.

    If the penny is discontinued, it will join the ranks of other obsolete American coins, including the trime, a 3-cent coin discontinued in 1873, and the gold dollar coin, which was discontinued in 1889; that differed from the dollar coin currently in circulation.

    2025 February 11, Jiachuan Wu and Ash Reynolds, “As Trump aims to ax the penny, these are the coins that cost more than they're worth”, in NBC News

Origin

  1. Latintrēs“three”
  2. Englishtrime

From Latin trēs (“three”), likely by analogy with dime.

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Cite this entry
APA

trime. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trime

MLA

“trime.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trime. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trime,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trime.

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