Shekel
['ʃek(ə)l] or ['ʃɛkl]
Definition
(n.) An ancient weight and coin used by the Jews and by other nations of the same stock.
(n.) A jocose term for money.
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Definition
n. a Jewish weight (about half-an-ounce avoirdupois) and coin (about 2s. 6d. sterling): (pl.) money (slang).
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Examples
- The sealed shekel, a stamped piece of silver, came very near to being a coin. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Not a shekel, not a silver penny, not a halfling--so help me the God of Abraham! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Abraham weighs to Ephron the four hundred shekels of silver which he had agreed to pay for the field of Machpelah. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Templars love the glitter of silver shekels as well as the sparkle of black eyes. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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