plack

American  

[plak] / plæk /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of plack

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

Example Sentences

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plack

Here we have motivation for more than 1 person at a time to visit that old town plack or to walk those forgotten trails.

From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2016

I was wearying for books, and you see, He has sent them to me, without plack or bawbee.”

From Christine A Fife Fisher Girl by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

Dere's plack, red, kreen, plue—all lofely golors, unt de vinest kint off silk.

From Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys by John McElroy

Yes, we haf dtea-rhoces, all kindts; Marshal Niel; Matame Watterville and Matame Cousine—these pink ones; they are sister rhoces; Matame Hoste, this plack one; the Midio, here; Chacks"— The Second Lady: "No, no!

From Bride Roses by William Dean Howells

For our Lowland beggars—even the gownsmen themselves, who beg by patent—had a louting, flattering way with them, and if you gave them a plack and asked change, would very civilly return you a boddle.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson