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shroffed

shroffed is the simple past and past participle of shroff.

Meaning of shroff

Verb

shroff (third-person singular simple present shroffs, present participle shroffing, simple past and past participle shroffed)

  1. (India, transitive) To act as a shroff, especially (historical) to inspect coins to detect debasement, counterfeits, clipping, etc. for a commission.
    • I represented... that the money could not be divided till it was shroffed.1757 July 7, Robert Clive, letter, cited in John Malcolm, Life of Robert, Lord Clive, Vol. I, page 278

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Questions about shroffed

What is shroffed the simple past and past participle of?
Shroffed is the simple past and past participle of shroff.

Words near shroffed in the dictionary

  1. shrob
  2. Shrock
  3. Shrocks
  4. shroff
  5. shroffage
  6. shroffed
  7. shroffing
  8. shroffs
  9. Shroftide
  10. shrog
  11. shrogs

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