| 单词 | continental money |
| 释义 | > as lemmascontinental money a. American History. Of or belonging to the colonies or States collectively (during and immediately after the War of Independence; cf. continent n. 6); as in Continental Congress (see congress n. 7), continental army, continental debt, continental money, continental soldiers, etc. ΚΠ 1775 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) I. 48 The colonies are willing to assent to a Continental Congress. 1775 Jrnls. U.S. Cont. Congress 2 207 That each gentleman who signs the continental money, be..paid out of the continental treasury. 1776 in Connecticut Hist. Soc. Coll. (1924) XXI. 449 Continental Money will not pass in N. York. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 321 Pennsylvania..assuming her supposed proportion of the continental debt. 1865 H. Phillips Amer. Paper Currency II. Pref. 5 The Bills of Credit issued by Congress, usually known as Continental Money. 1874 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. X. xiii. 288 The continental regiments of North Carolina. < as lemmas |
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