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chequine

chequine 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 chequine

pluralchequines

Questions about chequine

What is chequine the archaic form of?
Chequine is the archaic form of zecchino.

Words near chequine in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chequine (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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