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Etymology
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From
knife
+
money
, from its knifelike shape.
Noun
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knife
money
(
uncountable
)
(
historical
,
banking
)
Large
knife
-shaped
money
made from
cast
bronze
, used in
China
between 600 and 200 B.C. during the Zhou dynasty.
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