单词 | decus |
释义 | decusn. slang. A crown-piece. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1688 |
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