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ˈBungtown U.S.
Also with lower-case initial.
[App. a fictitious local name, associated with Rehoboth in Massachusetts (Schele de Vere Americanisms 587).]
Bungtown copper or Bungtown cent, a counterfeit English halfpenny or other spurious copper coin. Also ellipt.
1787Newport Mercury 13 Aug. in Mag. Amer. Hist. (1885) XIII. 206 We are informed that all Coppers by law, in New York, except Bungtowns, are fixed at 160 for a Dollar. 1840Knickerbocker XV. 385 [He took] a five cent piece and two bungtown coppers out of the till. 1853Oregonian 13 Aug. (Th.), What is the currency of the U.S.? —Coppers, bogus, Bungtown cents, pennies, fips, [etc.]. |