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Definition of "zechins" []

  • Plural form of zechin. (noun)

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Use "zechins" in a sentence
  • "I have enquired, and heard of some handsomely furnished rooms, five I think, near the Porta Pinti, and with a bath, — looking on a beautiful garden and all that, — but the terms, I understand, are 8 zechins per month, about half a crown per diem."
  • "Westphalia, and he brought with him a ship-load of arms and ammunition, a thousand zechins of Tunis, and letters from half a dozen of the Great Powers promising assistance."
  • "His legerdemain can transform zechins and bezants into doits and maravedies; but can his art convert a Christian knight, ever esteemed among the bravest of the Holy Crusade, into the dust-kissing slave of a heathen"