| 单词 | pound beads |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspound beads pound beads n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > goods for bartering > with undeveloped peoples > specific stroud1683 pound beads1826 1826 Wilmingtonian & Delaware Advertiser 29 June (advt.) Wanted immediately... Pipes, pound beads, American cottons. 1863 R. Burton in Anthropol. Rev. May 46 White ‘pound-beads’—..so called because one pound is equal to one dollar. 1962 Man 62 104/1 ‘Pound beads’..are also described as round but ‘heavier’ than the ‘knitting beads’. < as lemmas |
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