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spade money

spade money noun: an early form of coin and commodity money used during the Zhou dynasty in China.

Noun

spade money (countable and uncountable, plural spade moneys)

  1. (historical) An early form of coin and commodity money used during the Zhou dynasty in China.

Forms of spade money

pluralspade moneys

Questions about spade money

What does spade money mean?
Spade money means an early form of coin and commodity money used during the Zhou dynasty in China.
What part of speech is spade money?
Spade money is a noun.
What is the plural of spade money?
The plural of spade money is spade moneys.

Words near spade money in the dictionary

  1. spade forks
  2. spade man
  3. spade mashie
  4. spade mashies
  5. spade men
  6. spade money
  7. spade moneys
  8. spade-feet
  9. spade-foot
  10. spade-foots
  11. spade-handed

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