coin
noun
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
had been coining
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past perfect progressiveof coin.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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For such books as those into which I had been coining a year of my young strength and heart, I received the sum of one hundred dollars apiece.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896 by Various
