jacobus
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of jacobus
First recorded in 1605–15; Latinized equivalent of James
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He has with him a thousand pounds in gold, while I, his gentleman nephew, have not a jacobus to my name.
From The Touchstone of Fortune by Major, Charles
I heard also that Mary Blankaart has lost a silk purse, and in it five gold jacobus, and some half and quarter johannes.
From The Bow of Orange Ribbon A Romance of New York by Hampe, Theo.
I explained the matter, and Frances, turning to the porter, said:— "I'll buy you off with a jacobus or a guinea."
From The Touchstone of Fortune by Major, Charles
I would wager a jacobus to a farthing that he hasn't a tablecloth of real linen in his house, and as for forks, why, he never heard of them.
From The Touchstone of Fortune by Major, Charles
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 Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
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 Harrington, James
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