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单词 proc
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procn.

Brit. /prɒk/, U.S. /prɑk/
Forms: 1700s prock, 1700s–1800s proc (without point), 1700s– proc. (with point).
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: proclamation money n. at proclamation n. Compounds.
Etymology: Shortened < proclamation money n. at proclamation n. Compounds (chiefly as a graphic abbreviation).
U.S. Now historical.
= proclamation money n. at proclamation n. Compounds. Also more fully proc money.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > colonial coins
proclamation money1716
sou markeea1722
portcullis money1745
proc1755
portcullis coin1784
1755 J. Murray Lett. (1901) 78 The Money I get since the Presidents Currency came out is all proc.
1768 N. Carolina Col. Rec. VII. 775 To the amount of Five Pounds Prock.
1776 in New Jersey Archives (1901) 2nd Ser. I. 94 Joseph Archer..has this day obtained of me..a Note of Hand for Twelve Pounds proc. money.
1806 M. L. Weems Let. in Ford's M. L. Weems: Wks. & Ways (1929) II. 335 Can I remit silver, or North Carolina Proc?
1860 S. Mordecai Virginia (ed. 2) 279 This money was called proc. (i.e., proclamation money), and was issued on bits of thick paper, about the size of a playing card, and for various sums, from sixpence up to forty shillings.
1904 N. Carolina Jrnl. Law 1 131 No suit was to be brought to the General Court for less than five pounds, Proc. money, unless the plaintiff and the defendant live in different counties.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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