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单词 kobang
释义

kobangn.

/ˈkəʊbaŋ/
Forms: Also 1600s coban, 1700s cupang.
Etymology: < Japanese ko-ban, < ko little + ban ( < Chinese fan ) division: compare oban n.
An oblong gold coin, rounded at the corners, formerly current in Japan. The original weight was 222 grains troy, but it was afterwards reduced to about a quarter of this owing to the unfavourable rate of exchange. Also attributive in †kobang gold.
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1616 R. Cocks Diary 17 Sept. (1883) I. 176 I receved two bars Coban gould with ten ichibos, of 4 to a coban.
1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. 86 My Friend..complimented the Doctor with five Japon Cupangs, or fifty Dutch Dollars.
1860 Mercantile Marine Mag. 7 57 The exportation of the gold coin called kobangs is permitted.
1897 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 842/1 Bus were essential for another purpose, the purchase of kobangs.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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