krans
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of krans
C18: from Afrikaans
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As Administrator General of Persian Finances he poured krans into the Shah's treasury.
From Time Magazine Archive
For the cooking and "parlour" fire, the charge was forty-five krans, or about twenty-eight shillings!
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
"I shall only ask you two hundred krans, as you are a new customer," said the shopkeeper.
From The Cat and the Mouse A Book of Persian Fairy Tales by John R. (John Rea) Neill
We were not more than a hundred yards from the krans then, and the track taken by the tiger was not at all an inviting one.
From Jock of the Bushveld by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick
The price of interments varies with the proximity to the dust of Fatima from six krans to one hundred tumans.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
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