plateroon
English
editEtymology
editMost likely derived from plate and doubloon.
Noun
editplateroon (plural not attested)
- (slang, archaic) a counterfeit coin.
- 1714, Alexander Smith, The History of the Highwayman:
- 'What the Professors of this hellish Art call George Plateroon, is all Copper within, with only a thin Plate.'