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† French crown Obs.
The English name for the French coin called ecu, escu.
1599B. Jonson Ev. Man out of Hum. ii. i, You should give him a French crown for it. 1608Topsell Serpents (1658) 715 The powder or dust whereof must be the full weight of a golden groat, or as we say a French Crown.
Comb.1590Shakes. Mids. N. i. i. 97 Your Frenche-crowne colour'd beard.
b. Punningly, with reference to the baldness produced by the ‘French disease’.
1590Shakes. Mids. N. i. ii. 99. |