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placks

placks is the plural of plack.

Meaning of plack

Noun

plack (plural placks)

  1. (obsolete) A coin used in the Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries.
  2. (Northern England, Scotland, historical) A coin issued by James III of Scotland; also a 15th-16th century Scottish coin worth four Scots pennies.
    • ‘Yes, I prayed you to grant my life, which is in your power. The saving of it would not have cost you a plack, yet you refused to do it.’1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford, published 2010, page 49

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Questions about placks

What is placks the plural of?
Placks is the plural of plack.

Words near placks in the dictionary

  1. placket hole
  2. placket holes
  3. plackets
  4. placki
  5. plackless
  6. placks
  7. plackstrin
  8. placky
  9. placo-
  10. placochromatic
  11. placodal

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