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‖ bajocco|baˈjɔkko|
Pl. bajocchi |-ˈɔkki|. In 6 englished as byok, baiock.
[It., f. bajo brown.]
A small Italian copper coin (now obsolete) of small value (see quot. 1860).
1547Boorde Introd. Knowl. 179 In bras they haue kateryns and byokes, and denares. 1590Munday Eng. Rom. Life in Harl. Misc. (1809) II. 202 Supping so well as I coulde with..one quatrine bestowed in ricoct..a baiock in bread. 1860All Y. Round No. 70. 475 Vellum-bound books, at five baiocchi—twopence halfpenny. 1864Leeds Merc. 11 Mar., And left the priest without a single bajocco. |