| 单词 | town-piece |
| 释义 | > as lemmastown-piece town-piece n. [compare piece n. 16] now rare a coin issued by or current in a town. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > other mediums of exchange > [noun] > token used in place of coin > issued by a town town-piece1744 1744 Ford Catal. Curious & Valuable Cabinet 3 Greek brass Town pieces on one board. 1805 in Brathwait's Drunken Barnaby's Four Journeys (new ed.) Advt. p. xv A Harrington was a town piece, tradesman's token, or other small coin, current in the early part of the seventeenth century. 1903 Proc. Dorset Nat. Hist. & Antiq. Field Club 24 53 He collected English and Irish tokens and town-pieces generally. < as lemmas |
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