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plateroon

plateroon noun: a counterfeit coin.

Noun

plateroon (plural not attested)

  1. (archaic, no plural, slang) a counterfeit coin.
    • 'What the Professors of this hellish Art call George Plateroon, is all Copper within, with only a thin Plate.'1714, Alexander Smith, The History of the Highwayman

Origin of plateroon

Most likely derived from plate and doubloon.

Words formed from plateroon

  • George plateroon

Questions about plateroon

What does plateroon mean?
Plateroon means a counterfeit coin.
What part of speech is plateroon?
Plateroon is a noun.

Words near plateroon in the dictionary

  1. plater
  2. plateresque
  3. Platero
  4. plateroom
  5. platerooms
  6. plateroon
  7. Plateros
  8. platers
  9. plates
  10. plates away
  11. plates of meat

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