jacobus
noun
a former gold coin of England issued by James I.
jacobuses
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pluralof jacobus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Not a night can I sleep for some horrid apparition or other; one while these myrmidons are measuring silks by their quarterstaves, another stuffing their greasy pouches with my lord high treasurer's jacobuses.
From The Commonwealth of Oceana by James Harrington
Fareham had been losing steadily from the moment he took up Lady Lucretia's cards; and his pile of jacobuses had been gradually passed over to De Malfort's side of the table.
From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
