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cardecus

cardecus is the plural of cardecu.

Meaning of cardecu

Noun

cardecu (plural cardecus)

  1. (historical) A silver French coin worth a quarter of an écu.
    • A set of hilding fellows there were, whom we dismissed to find them a new master — enough had been done for revenge and profit; the bunch of them were not worth a cardecu.1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

Questions about cardecus

What is cardecus the plural of?
Cardecus is the plural of cardecu.

Words near cardecus in the dictionary

  1. cardeck
  2. cardecks
  3. cardecu
  4. cardecue
  5. cardecues
  6. cardecus
  7. carded
  8. cardel
  9. Cardell
  10. Cardella
  11. Cardellas

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