† ˈturneysn.
Obsolete. rare—1.
A ‘black money’ or base coin, made in Ireland in the 14th c.
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1339 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1708) V. 113 Dato nobis intelligi quod quidam, Homines Hibernici, quandam Nigram Monetam, vocatam Turneys, in partibus Hiberniæ fabricari fecerunt.
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