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ˈdinder dial.
[app. a modification of dener, dinneere, early forms of denier.]
A local term for the denarii or small coins found on sites of Roman settlements, esp. at Wroxeter in Shropshire.
1778Eng. Gazetteer (ed. 2) s.v. Roxcester, Peasants, often plough up coins, called Dinders, that prove its antiquity. 1847–78Halliwell, Dinders, small coins of the lower empire found at Wroxeter, Salop. Spelt dynders by Kennett. 1859All Year Round No. 3. 55 The dullest ploughboy working here..picks up denarii, and calls them dinders. 1873C. W. King Early Chr. Numism. 256 The clay disks, variously impressed, often found amongst Roman remains in this country, popularly called dinders. |