| 单词 | pine tree shilling |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspine tree shilling pine tree shilling n. now historical a shilling coin bearing the figure of a pine tree, struck in Massachusetts in the latter half of the 17th cent. (see pine tree money n.). ΚΠ 1837 N. Hawthorne Twice-told Tales 216 An immense quantity of pine-tree shillings, which were the earliest silver coinage of Massachusetts. 1893 G. Smith United States 28 She [sc. Massachusetts] coined her own money, the pine-tree shilling. 1982 S. B. Flexner Listening to Amer. 183 The first coins made in North America were silver pine tree shillings, also called Boston shillings and Bay shillings. < as lemmas |
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