chequeen
English
editEtymology
editFrom Italian zecchino. Compare sequin.
Noun
editchequeen (plural chequeens)
- (historical) A gold coin formerly used in Italy and Turkey; a sequin.
- 1630, John Smith, True Travels, Kupperman, published 1988, page 40:
- he came to the Road of Antibo in Peamon, where he set Smith on shore with five hundred chicqueenes, and a little box God sent him worth neere as much more.
Spanish
editVerb
editchequeen
- inflection of chequear: