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grush

grush noun: a historic currency of Mandatory Palestine, equal to a hundredth of a Palestine pound.

Noun

grush (plural grushes or grushim)

  1. A historic currency of Mandatory Palestine, equal to a hundredth of a Palestine pound.
  2. A historic currency of Israel, equal to a hundredth of a lira.

Forms of grush

pluralgrushes
pluralgrushim

Origin of grush

Borrowed from Hebrew גְּרוּשׁ (grúsh). Doublet of groschen, grosz, kurus, and qursh.

Questions about grush

What does grush mean?
Grush means a historic currency of Mandatory Palestine, equal to a hundredth of a Palestine pound.
What part of speech is grush?
Grush is a noun.
What is the plural of grush?
The plural of grush is grushes.

Words near grush in the dictionary

  1. gruppettos
  2. gruppo
  3. Grupps
  4. grus
  5. gruses
  6. grush
  7. grushie
  8. grushies
  9. Gruszka
  10. Gruszkas
  11. grutch

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