单词 | doublejee |
释义 | doublejeedoublekeydoubleseedubbletien. Adaptations or corruptions of Dutch dubbeltje, a coin formerly worth 10 cents, or about 2d. English. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Dutch coins seskyn1413 dodkin1415 plackc1470 Rhenish1479 Utrecht1493 Utrecht noble1494 stiver1502 doit1594 stooter1598 doublejee1707 double shilling1744 William1836 steever1892 1707 W. Funnell Voy. round World x. 292 A Doublekey; which is a piece of Money that goes for Two-pence. 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope I. 168 A Dubbletie..a twopenny piece of Dutch money. 1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) 59 Two stiver pieces called doublesees. 1889 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 183 We had to put a doublejee or so into the wooden shoe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。