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单词 rounger
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roungern.

Forms: Middle English rounger, Middle English roungere, 1500s roundgar.
Origin: Probably a borrowing from French. Etymons: French *roungur, roygnur.
Etymology: Probably < an unattested Anglo-Norman variant *roungur (compare rounge v.) of Anglo-Norman roygnur, Middle French rongneur person who clips coins (c1300 or earlier in Anglo-Norman; 1354 in Middle French) < Anglo-Norman roygner , ronger , runger and Middle French rogner , rongner (French rogner ) to clip (coins) (see royn v.) + Anglo-Norman -ur -our suffix, Middle French -eur -eur suffix. Compare later rounge v. 3.In quot. c1450 translating Middle French roongnerresse woman who clips coins (c1330 in the passage translated).
Obsolete.
A person who clips coins. See rounge v. 3.
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society > trade and finance > money > mutilating coin > [noun] > person who
clipperc1330
rounger?a1400
washerc1450
money batterer?1518
launderer1632
tonsor1697
money-clipper1759
plugger1842
sweater1845
shorter1857
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 238 (MED) Of clippers, of roungers [Fr. roygnurs], of suilk takes he questis.
c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 144 (MED) This hand is an vnmakere of howses..and a roungere [Fr. roongnerresse] of floreyns.
a1600 in F. Drake Eboracum (1736) i. vi. 189 Roundgars of gold, washers of gold.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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