zuzn.
/zuːz/ A silver coin anciently in use among the Jews, the fourth part of a silver shekel.
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1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 25/2 A Zuz or Zuzim shekil.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Zuzah, an ancient Hebrew silver coin, worth about 6d.
1877 J. C. Geikie Life & Words Christ II. xxxvi. 71 A blow on the ear was variously set at the fine of a shilling or a pound: a blow on the one cheek at two hundred zuzees.
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