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  • noun See sequin.

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  • noun Alternative spelling of zecchin.

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Examples

  • I will not attempt to cherish a hope, that the bey will abate one zequin of the sum fixed in the convention of June the 21st; and I very much doubt, if a longer time than that fixed by the convention, and witnessed by six friendly consuls, will be granted.

    The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2 James Harrison

  • I will not attempt to cherish a hope, that the bey will abate one zequin of the sum fixed in the convention of June the 21st; and I very much doubt, if a longer time than that fixed by the convention, and witnessed by six friendly consuls, will be granted.

    The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson Harrison, James 1806

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