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

Dere's shoost von ting I tell you; bevare Of dose nurse mit de shining plack eyes, If dey got some pink cheeks, und brown hair, Your Katrina is double deir size.

From War Rhymes by Wayfarer by Cosens, Abner

There's your plack, and my plack, An' your plack, an' my plack, An' my plack, an' your plack, An' Jenny's bawbee.

From Notes and Queries, Number 179, April 2, 1853. A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George

"Nae other auld plack teevel could hae kept it sae lang in her gizzard," replied the Gael.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various

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)