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touchpiece

touchpiece is the alternative form of touch piece.

Meaning of touch piece

Noun

touch piece (plural touch pieces)

  1. (historical) A coin or medallion given to someone in Britain after they had been touched by the sovereign as a cure for the king's evil.
    • At home there was still a brisk traffic in the touch-pieces given to the sufferer at the royal ceremony, and subsequently worn round the neck as a souvenir or a protective amulet.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 187

Forms of touchpiece

pluraltouchpieces

Questions about touchpiece

What is touchpiece the alternative form of?
Touchpiece is the alternative form of touch piece.

Words near touchpiece in the dictionary

  1. touchpans
  2. touchpaper
  3. touchpapers
  4. touchphone
  5. touchphones
  6. touchpiece
  7. touchpieces
  8. touchpoint
  9. touchpoints
  10. touchproof
  11. touchscreen

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