Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variant of
sequin .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
sequin .
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- noun Alternative spelling of
zecchin .
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Examples
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Those nods and smiles were favours worth the zechin.
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As soon as I arrived in a city I announced, by means of bills, that a Grecian physician was there, who had already cured many; and, truly, my balsam, and my medicines, had brought me in many a zechin.
The Oriental Story Book A Collection of Tales Wilhelm Hauff 1814
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Those nods and smiles were favours worth the zechin.
The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley — Volume 2 Percy Bysshe Shelley 1807
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Those nods and smiles were favours worth the zechin.
The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley — Complete Percy Bysshe Shelley 1807
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"I am a poor mendicant friar," answered the wounded man; "a strange gentleman gave me a zechin to --"
The Ghost-Seer; or the Apparitionist; and Sport of Destiny Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782
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"I am a poor mendicant friar," answered the wounded man; "a strange gentleman gave me a zechin to --"
The Works of Frederich Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782
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