chequeen
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Italian zecchino. Compare sequin.
Noun[edit]
chequeen (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[edit]
Verb[edit]
chequeen
- inflection of chequear: