half joe en · NOUN
Meanings
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(Canada, US, historical) A Portuguese gold coin, worth 3,200 reis, formerly current in North America.
[M]y father's draft […] was paid in the Portuguese coin of half-Joes, or six-and-thirty shilling pieces, at that time made current in Great Britain.
1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 59
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| half joes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |