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

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

Ower braw a purse to put a plack in.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

I hadna a plack in my pouch That night I was a bride; My gown was linsey-woolsey, And ne'er a sark ava; And ye hae ribbons and buskins, Mae than ane or twa.'

From English Songs and Ballads by Crosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson)

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 Stevenson, Robert Louis

The lassie is glaikit wi' pride; In my pouches I hadna a plack The day that I was a bride.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles