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silverlings

silverlings is the plural of silverling.

Meaning of silverling

Noun

silverling (plural silverlings)

  1. Shekel or small silvern coin of little value.
    • As for those Samnites, and the men of Uz,
      That bought my Spanish oils and wines of Greece,
      Here have I purs'd their paltry silverlings.
      Fie, what a trouble 'tis to count this trash!c. 1589–1590 (date written), Christopher Marlo[we], edited by Tho[mas] Heywood, The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Iew of Malta. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Nicholas Vavasour, […], published...
  2. Baccharis halimifolia, a shrub of the aster family.

Questions about silverlings

What is silverlings the plural of?
Silverlings is the plural of silverling.

Words near silverlings in the dictionary

  1. silverlessness
  2. silverlike
  3. silverline
  4. silverlines
  5. silverling
  6. silverlings
  7. silverly
  8. silverman
  9. silvermen
  10. silvermine
  11. silvermines

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