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jeton
[See jetton.]
1. |ˈdʒɛtən| = jetton.
1933H. G. Wells Shape of Things to Come ii. §11. 229 Today our museums contain hundreds of thousands of specimens of these improvised European coins of lead, nickel, tin and all sorts of alloys, jetons or checks of wood. 1969R. C. Bell Board & Table Games II. x. 138 Many of these casting-counters, or jetons, simulated coins, and cause difficulty to collectors of medieval money.
2. |ʒətɔ̃|. A metal disc used, chiefly in France, instead of a coin for insertion in a public telephone box. Also attrib.
1942E. Paul Narrow St. xi. 82 In order for a client to use the phone he had to buy from her a metal disc or jeton. 1957Times 16 Oct. 11/7 The French jeton system for calls from public telephone boxes. Jetons were introduced in France because of frequent changes in the local call tariff (15 changes in 20 years) and in the diameter and material of the coinage. 1962A. Williams Long Run South vi. ii. 193 An old crone sold him a jeton and he dialled the number of the house in the Viale Piemonte. 1972Times 4 Jan. 14/8 (heading) Use the nickel sixpence as a jeton [for telephone coin boxes]. |