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hacksilber

hacksilber is the alternative form of hacksilver.

Meaning of hacksilver

Noun

hacksilver (uncountable)

  1. (historical, usually) Silver objects that have been cut up or otherwise defaced and circulated as currency, especially in archaeological contexts.
    • Tenth-century hoards still consist mainly of coins from Central Asia, but with variable amounts of hacksilver. The latter consists of whole and cut coins, whole and broken ornaments and ingots (both of bar form and flat 'spills' of molten metal).2001, The Early Slavs: Culture and Society in Early Medieval Eastern Europe

Questions about hacksilber

What is hacksilber the alternative form of?
Hacksilber is the alternative form of hacksilver.

Words near hacksilber in the dictionary

  1. hacksaw
  2. hacksawed
  3. hacksawing
  4. hacksawn
  5. hacksaws
  6. hacksilber
  7. hacksilver
  8. hackspace
  9. hackspaces
  10. hackster
  11. hacksters

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