pound Scots

noun

pound² (def. 7).

Origin of pound Scots

¹

First recorded in 1605–15

Words Nearby pound Scots

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How to use pound Scots in a sentence

But we must bear in mind that a "pound Scots" was not at all the same thing as an English pound at that date.
The British Navy Book | Cyril Field
"I'd gie a pound Scots to ken wha chaps," said Mungo, deaf to every humour.
Doom Castle | Neil Munro

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