Obol definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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A great number are farmers living in the remote villages of Attica; many city dwellers also will be too busy to think the 3-obol (9-cent [1914 or $1.55 2000]) fee for attendance worth their while Six thousand seems to be a good number for ordinary occasions and no doubt much business can be dispatched with less, although this is the legal quorum set for most really vital matters.

—A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life

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noun A silver coin or unit of weight equal to one sixth of a drachma, formerly used in ancient Greece.

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“Tell me you never went to Sunday school My house, Sunday was just another day watching out for my drunk moms and her stoner boyfriends.” He picked up the obol, and the deformed loneliness in it was gone. — FSFMagazine,May2007
“But we don't wanna get rolled We won't.” Noel lifted the obol, and the dark around it breathed with luck and a faint, amethyst aura. — FSFMagazine,May2007
The obol, still connected to Heavinside, snagged unrelated worldlines off the worldsheet that they had rumpled, and far apart times and places touched each other. — FSFMagazine,May2007
Fishing into the pouch at his side, he produced a silver obol which he placed in Leucion's mouth. — David Gemmell - (Lion of Macedon 01) Lion Of Macedon v1.0 (1990).htm
Obopay takes its name from the obol, a coin used in Ancient Greece. — San Francisco Business News - Local San Francisco News | The San Francisco Business Times