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单词 decus
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decusn.

/ˈdiːkəs/
Etymology: < the Latin motto decus et tutamen on the rim.
slang.
A crown-piece.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > crown or five shillings
halfpenny of gold1463
crown1526
crown piece1613
decus1688
British-crown1695
bull's-eye1699
petition crown1745
Britain crown1793
bull1819
caser1825
Oxford scholar1937
1688 T. Shadwell Squire of Alsatia ii. i. 32 To Equip you with some Meggs, Smelts, Decus's and Georges.
1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. xii. 282 ‘You see,’ he said, pointing to the casket, ‘that noble Master Grahame..has got the decuses and the smelts.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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