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‖ zwanziger|ˈtsvantsɪgər| [G., f. zwanzig twenty + -er masc. adj. ending.] A former Austrian silver coin, equivalent to twenty kreutzers.
1828R. Craig in Mem. viii. (1862) 151 A passenger pays a zwanzig[er] or 17½ sous of France per hour. 1841Browning Pippa Passes ii, I possess a burning pocketfull of zwanzigers. 1866Howells Venet. Life xix, Lest the fervid imagination of the gondolier rise to zwanzigers and florins. |