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 Inure (2 syl.)Invei’gle (3 syl.). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Invalide (French).
 
A four-sou piece, so called because it was debased to the value of three sous and a-half.   1
       
“Tien, prens cet invalide, à ma santé va boire.”
       
Deux Arlequins (1691).
 


 Inure (2 syl.)Invei’gle (3 syl.). 

 
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