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单词 crockard
释义

crockard

See also: Crockard

English

Alternative forms

  • crokard, crocard, crocarde

Etymology

From Middle English crocard, from Anglo-Norman crocard/Old French crokard, of uncertain origin.[1] Possibilities include:

  • that it is from croc (hook), from a Scandinavian language (compare Old Norse krókr (hook)) + -ard.[2]
  • that it is related to croquier (break in pieces).[3]
  • that it is a diminutive of Middle English crok (a crock, a potsherd).

Noun

crockard (plural crockards)

  1. (historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe as a debased counterfeit copy of the sterling silver penny of King Edward I, at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.

See also

  • brabant, pollard, rosary, mitre, leonine, scalding, steeping, eagle

References

  1. Oxford English Dictionary
  2. crockard”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
  3. Middle English Dictionary
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