ducatoon
/duhk-uh-toon, duhk-uh-toon/US // ˈdʌk əˌtun, ˌdʌk əˈtun //
杜卡顿,杜卡托,杜卡多,杜卡托恩
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a former silver coin of the Netherlands, used through the 17th and 18th centuries: equal to three gulden.
Examples
A common punishment costs the master a rix-dollar, and a severe one a ducatoon, about six shillings and eight-pence.
A milled ducatoon is worth eighty stivers; but an unmilled ducatoon is worth no more than seventy-two.
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