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‖ gubber Obs.
[Conjectured by Yule to represent Pers. dīnār-i-gabr, ‘money of the infidel’: see Guebre.]
‘Some kind of gold ducat or sequin’ (Y.).
1711C. Lockyer Trade India vii. 201 They have Venetians, Gubbers, Muggerbees, and Pagodas. Ibid. viii. 242 When a Parcel of Venetian Ducats are mixt with others, the whole goes by the Name of Chequeens at Surat, but when they are separated, one sort is call'd Venetians, and all the others, Gubbers indifferently. 1752T. Brooks Weights & Meas. E. Indies (1766) 5 Gold and Silver Weights. 100 Venetian Duccats 11 oz. 0 dw. 5 Gr. 100 Gubbers at a Medium 10 oz. 17 dw. 12 Gr. |