单词 | punchable |
释义 | ˈpunchable, a. [f. punch v.1 + -able.] Capable of being punched: † spec. of coin. (Act 7 & 8 Will. & M. c. 1 for improving the coinage enacted in §9 that hammered coins at the time in circulation and not damaged by clipping should be ‘struck through..with a solid Punch’ before being passed further in circulation, as a means of preventing clipping: to this regulation the quots. refer.)
1696Lond. Gaz. No. 3236/4 They will..take in Payment Old Hammer'd Money that is Punchable. 1696Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) IV. 60 An information against some goldsmiths in Lumbard street for offering clipt money not punchable since 4th of May. a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Punchable, old passable Money. |

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