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- noun Plural form of
tola .
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Examples
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In Concan they cook 2 "tolas" (13.60 grams) of the flowers in lard, together with coriander and "mesua ferrea," add a little candied sugar and divide the mass into large pills to be given twice a day.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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In Concan the dry bark is given for whooping-cough and the juice of the fresh bark in doses of 2 "tolas" (7.60 grams) for anasarca.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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Jemadar invoked Khandoba, an incarnation of Mahadeo, and said that if by his assistance the box of money was broken at the first or second stroke of the axe, a chain of gold weighing one and a quarter tolas would be made over to him.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894
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No dealer is permitted to sell more than three tolas (about one and one-eighth ounces) to any person, and no opium can be consumed upon the premises of the dealer.
Modern India William Eleroy Curtis 1880
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According to tradition, families should provide several "tolas" almost half a troy ounce as dowries.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Burglars has stolen a jewellery shop at Muktijoddha Super Market in city's Mirpur and took away around 950 tolas of gold ornaments worth about Tk 3 crore on Saturday night.
The New Nation 2010
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He alleged that the burglars entered inside the shop-cutting wall from backside of "Jyoti Cosmetics" and has stolen around 950 tolas of gold ornaments.
The New Nation 2010
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SP Ganesh KC, in-charge at the Metropolitan Police Range, Hanumandhoka, said the Khukri-wielding robbers decamped with Rs 30,000 in cash, 10 tolas of gold ornaments, a diamond ring, a branded laptop computer and two mobile phone sets from the house in Budhanilkantha.
News Sabin Chandra Acharya 2010
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He alleged that the burglars entered inside the shop-cutting wall from backside of "Jyoti Cosmetics" and has stolen around 950 tolas of gold ornaments.
The New Nation 2010
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Burglars has stolen a jewellery shop at Muktijoddha Super Market in city's Mirpur and took away around 950 tolas of gold ornaments worth about Tk 3 crore on Saturday night.
The New Nation 2010
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