| 单词 | sovereign scales |
| 释义 | > as lemmassovereign scales b. A British gold coin of the (nominal) value of one pound. Also attributive as sovereign purse, sovereign scales. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > coin of twenty shillings goldfinch1602 Harry sovereign1615 piece1631 jingle-boya1640 yellow boy1654 quid1661 marigold1663 broad-piece1678 pound piecea1715 gold penny1736 sovereign1817 dragon1827 sov1829 chip?1836 couter1846 thick 'un1848 monarch1851 James1858 skiv1858 Victoria1870 goblin1887 red one1890 Jimmy1899 quidlet1902 Jimmy O'Goblin1931 pound coin1931 1817 Royal Proclam. 1 July That certain pieces of gold money should be coined, which should be called ‘sovereigns or twenty shilling pieces’. 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxvii. 164 Sovereigns are the next most advisable articles, and lastly dollars. 1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 24 I'd give a guinea, that's to say a sovereign, to know what it is. 1882 J. Parker Apostolic Life I. 142 What a ‘wonder’ it would be for some of us to ever give a sovereign to any good cause upon earth! < as lemmas |
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