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plack

[ plak ]

/ plæk /

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noun

a very small copper coin used in Scotland in the 15th and 16th centuries as a four-penny piece.

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Origin of plack

1425–75; late Middle English placke<Middle Dutch: name of a coin

Words nearby plack

placidity, placidly, Plácido's disk, Placidyl, placing, plack, plackart, placket, placode, placoderm, placoid

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How to use plack in a sentence

But, ere they came half gait to Concludendum, The fiend one plack was left for to defend him.
The Book of Humorous Verse|Various
Plack, plak, n. a small copper coin formerly current in Scotland, equal in value to the third part of an English penny.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various
Will they not give us a letter of cursing for a plack, to last for a year, to curse all that look over our dyke?
The History of the Reformation of Religion in Scotland|John Knox
I wad hae thought better o' it had thou made it when it took the last plack i' thy pouch.
Winter Evening Tales|Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

As a gen'al thing them people fra' the States hae plenty o' plack in their pockets.
Adle Dubois|Mrs. William T. Savage