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quartereen

quartereen noun: a farthing.

Noun

quartereen (plural quartereens)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) A farthing.

Forms of quartereen

pluralquartereens

Origin of quartereen

From Italian quattrino.

Questions about quartereen

What does quartereen mean?
Quartereen means a farthing.
What part of speech is quartereen?
Quartereen is a noun.
What is the plural of quartereen?
The plural of quartereen is quartereens.

Words near quartereen in the dictionary

  1. quarterdeck
  2. quarterdecker
  3. quarterdeckers
  4. quarterdecks
  5. quartered
  6. quartereen
  7. quartereens
  8. quarterer
  9. quarterers
  10. quartereth
  11. quarterfinal

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