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dolos

/ ˈɒɒ /

noun

  1. a knucklebone of a sheep, buck, etc, used esp by diviners
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dolos1

from Afrikaans, possibly from dollen play + os ox or from dobbel dice + os ox
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Example Sentences

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“I’m not surprised,” said Mario Sims, 67, the pastor of the nondenominational Dolos Chapel, who is black.

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Dan Skelton’s chaser had the measure of Diakali to my eyes, which would have been another career best, and he can beat Dolos on these conditions, with the ground possibly on the soft side for the Paul Nicholls horse.

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In Dolos Town, a hard-hit community outside the capital, foster parents say they cannot afford school fees.

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When Mr. Dunbar, 37, got a phone call in late August that his mother had taken ill, he rushed to her house in Dolos Town, the enclave near Harbel where dozens of people have succumbed to Ebola.

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Christe, malas fraudes, Pharisaica retia, fallis: Et miseros sacro discutis ore dolos.

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