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chequin

chequin is the archaic form of zecchino.

Meaning of zecchino

Noun

zecchino (plural zecchinos or zecchini)

  1. (historical) An old gold coin of Italy; a sequin.
    • [T]he modern Philosophy holds the Eternity of the Earth, or at least an Antiquity of 50,000 Years; & Mr. Byers gets thirty Zecchines apiece for his Infidel Lectures from all the English who travel thro' Rome […].1786 June 27, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Thraliana

Forms of chequin

pluralchequins

Questions about chequin

What is chequin the archaic form of?
Chequin is the archaic form of zecchino.

Words near chequin in the dictionary

  1. chequewriter
  2. chequewriters
  3. chequey
  4. chequi
  5. Chequiam
  6. chequin
  7. chequine
  8. chequines
  9. chequing
  10. chequing account
  11. chequing accounts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chequin (page history and authors); zecchino (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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