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

Here, bube, you go und shoomp indo dem vagon, und bring one of die plack poddles out of mein box py vere I shleep.

From Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure by Boucher, W.

No," said Duncan, taking out the money, "seein I am come to pay ye plack and farthin.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 by Various

Den de next ting I know I am here, For already de vorld had turned plack; Dat Canadian certain vos queer, For he carry me in on his back.

From War Rhymes by Wayfarer by Cosens, Abner

The truth is, that ye're a perfect she Nabal, and ilka thing that takes the value of a plack out o' your pocket, is vulgar, or improper, or something that way.

From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by Hogg, James