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noun

Trio n.

Three, considered collectively; three in company or acting together; a set of three; three united. "The trio were well accustomed to act together, and were linked to each other by ties of mutual interest."

(Mus.)

(a)

A composition for three parts or three instruments.

(b)

The secondary, or episodical, movement of a minuet or scherzo, as in a sonata or symphony, or of a march, or of various dance forms; not limited to three parts or instruments.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Trio" Quotes from Famous Books

... leader of the trio, as he inspected the former teacher of Oak Hall. "I don't reckon he's goin' to do us any harm." He turned to Merwell. ...

— Dave Porter in the Gold Fields - The Search for the Landslide Mine • Edward Stratemeyer

... up his arm to shield himself as he said in a low voice, 'Look out, Lopes; don't shout so! we don't want all the kids to know about this matter;' for just at this moment a trio of merry lads came round the corner of the Fives Court, whooping and shouting at the top of their voices. 'Come to the garden; we shall be quiet there, and can talk over matters, and see what can be done;' and Barton closed the book he ...

— Chatterbox, 1906 • Various

... number, were gentlemen. Of these it will be necessary to describe three only, namely, Mr Forester Dale, Mr Fortescue, and Mr Brook. Messrs. Dale and Fortescue were partners, being contractors in a rather large way; and Mr Brook was their general manager and right-hand man. The trio were now going out to Australia on business connected with a large job about to be undertaken in that colony, for which they were ...

— The Pirate Island - A Story of the South Pacific • Harry Collingwood

... Mrs. —— this morning; she was that mean there was no living in the house with her!" Knowing her interlocutor only as the man in authority, the unfortunate woman scarcely advanced her cause by her plain speaking, and I was probably the only member of the trio who appreciated the situation. I am sure many people who were poorer than this mother paid the fees rather than suffer the indignity of such cross-questioning by the school visitors and the board—an unfortunate necessity of the ...

— An Autobiography • Catherine Helen Spence

... much time for speculation. A carriage awaited the trio at the quay. They carried no luggage to entail a delay at the Customs, and they drove off at a rapid pace through silent streets in a drenched downpour of rain. When they reached the Hotel de la Plage, neither Medenham ...

— Cynthia's Chauffeur • Louis Tracy

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