| 单词 | ring-money |
| 释义 | > as lemmasring-money ring-money n. historical (a) circular or nearly circular pieces of metal used as money; (b) = manilla n.1 ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > other mediums of exchange > [noun] > metal in specific shape larin1588 ring-money1759 wheel-money1861 bullet-money1879 spade-coin1892 spade-money1892 knife-money1901 1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. 269 A great quantity of Roman Coins..; those of Silver were Ring-money of diverse Sizes. 1853 H. N. Humphreys Coin Collector's Man. I. 8 (note) A modern ring-money is still in circulation in some parts of Northern Africa. 1929 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 33 122 An outline of the various locations of the finds of ancient ring money and their contents that have been turned up in Dacia has been made by Karl Pink. 2004 G. Williams & P. Bibire Sagas, Saints, & Settlements 77 A further form of supposed ‘currency’ is known from the hoards; the so-called ‘ring-money’. < as lemmas |
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