† crack-groatn.
Obsolete.
A ‘cracked’ or damaged groat.
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1503 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 5 Half Groats..being Silver (howbeit they be cracked) shall..be current.]
1666 J. Bunyan Grace Abounding 367 Like those crack-groats and fourpence-halfpennies that rich men carry in their Purses, when their Gold is in their Trunks at home.
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