Econolingua: A Glossary of Coins and Economic Language in Renaissance Drama |
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Numismatic Slang 19 Coin names abound in Renaissance drama . Standard and well - known coins such as royal , noble , and angel assume logical metaphorical significance as indicators of value and the worship of money .
Numismatic Slang 19 Coin names abound in Renaissance drama . Standard and well - known coins such as royal , noble , and angel assume logical metaphorical significance as indicators of value and the worship of money .
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Slang for a prostitute , from the women who cared for rooms at ... In lavender is slang for something in pawn , perhaps because dried lavender flowers were used like moth balls , to keep stored clothes safe and fresh .
Slang for a prostitute , from the women who cared for rooms at ... In lavender is slang for something in pawn , perhaps because dried lavender flowers were used like moth balls , to keep stored clothes safe and fresh .
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Slang for a coin , from the portrait of the sovereign that it often bore . ( HWhore2 3.2.39–40 : Must have cash and pictures ; WTale 4.4.603 : whose purse was best in picture ; BFair 3.5.68–69 : to pick the pictures out o ' your pockets ...
Slang for a coin , from the portrait of the sovereign that it often bore . ( HWhore2 3.2.39–40 : Must have cash and pictures ; WTale 4.4.603 : whose purse was best in picture ; BFair 3.5.68–69 : to pick the pictures out o ' your pockets ...
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Acknowledgments | 9 |
1 | 16 |
Citation System and Plays Indexed | 36 |
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Términos y frases comunes
2Gents angel appears assurance AYLI base BBush bill bond called century charge CofE coin commodity contract counterfeit cross crowns custom debt ducats economic England English exchange extension farthing figure French give gold Golden groat hand hath Henry indicate interest issued JofM John king land Lear light living London Madam marks marriage means meat and drink merchants metal metaphor MforM MofV MWives natural noble obligation one's Originally pawn payment pence penny perhaps person piece plays poor pound practice profit Proverbially puns purchase purse reckoning reference Renaissance rich Riverside royal Scorn seal sense sexual shilling Shrew silver Slang Society sometimes stamp term thee thou Tilley tion TofA trade usually usurer usury wealth week woman worth WTale
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