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shroffing

shroffing is the present participle and gerund 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 shroffing

What is shroffing the present participle and gerund of?
Shroffing is the present participle and gerund of shroff.

Words near shroffing in the dictionary

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

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