单词 | godless florin |
释义 | > as lemmasgodless florin godless florin n. now historical a florin minted without the inscription ‘D.G.’ (Dei Gratia); = graceless florin n. at graceless adj. and n. Compounds. ΚΠ 1849 Liverpool Mercury 26 Oct. 6/1 (heading) The ‘godless’ florin. 1859 Mechanics' Mag. 8 July 18/1 The hue and cry raised against Mr. Sheil and his ‘Godless’ Florin..led to the withdrawal, or rather to the discontinuance of the coining of the experimental piece. 1966 P. A. Rayner Coin Collecting for Amateurs v. 84 The florins of 1849 are known as ‘godless’ florins, because they omitted the Queen's titles ‘Dei Gratia’. < as lemmas |
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