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zecchino

American

[zuh-kee-noh, tsek-kee-naw] / zəˈki noʊ, tsɛkˈki nɔ /

Also zechin

noun

plural

zecchini

sequin.

zecchino British

/ zɛˈkiːnəʊ /

noun

another word for sequin

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Etymology

Origin of zecchino

1610–20; < Italian. See sequin

Example Sentences

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I value it not a zecchino; and wert thou to depose me to-morrow, I should be the master of ye in another month, did it please me to command a people so capricious.

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848 by Various

Florentine gigliati Venetian zecchino All other gold coins to be taken as bullion at a value of 280 fl. for the Cologne mark of fine gold.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur

Between 1280 and 1284 Venice also struck 629 a gold coin, known first as the ducat, afterwards as the zecchino or sequin, the ducat becoming merely a money of account.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

I'll wager a zecchino they have come from Naples.

From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Lever, Charles James

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