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† crockard Obs.
Also 4–5 crocard(e.
[Anglo-F. crokard: of uncertain origin.]
A kind of foreign money, decried as base under Edward I.
1300Act 27 Edward I, Mauveises monees que sunt appellez Pollardz et crokardz. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VIII. 289 Kyng Edward dampned sodeynliche fals money þat was slyliche i-brouȝt up: men cleped þe money pollardes, crocardes and rosaries. 1494Fabyan Chron. vii. 401. 1605 Camden Rem. (1657) 186 Afterward crocards and pollards were decried down to an halfe penny. 1769Blackstone Comm. IV. 98 Pollards and crockards, which were foreign coins of base metal. |