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

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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

Ven de men und de poys vent avay For to fight for de goot Faderland, Den de vomans must vork all de day Mit a piece of plack bread in deir hand.

From War Rhymes by Wayfarer by Abner Cosens

Not a yard of land have I, nor look to have: nor one penny in my plack, further than what I earn.

From The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century by W. (William) Rainey

The scene seemed to open the hearts o' prelates and priors, that never gave a plack to a bluegown before.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various

I did not like the man, but I was tired and had not plack nor bawbee, so I e'en asked him for the place.

From Scottish sketches by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

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