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Sequin

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sequin
any of various gold coins formerly minted in Italy, Turkey, and Malta
Sequin 

a gold coin weighing 3.41 g, ‘first struck in Venice in 1284. After the mid-16th century it was minted in several European countries and called a ducat.
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I took care of him, and as I had a thousand sequins to spare I gave them to him, and he re-opened his shop.
The Arabian Nights by Lang, Andrew View in context
The sallow secretary went first; the sequins glittered at his heels, and I must own that for one base moment I was on the brink of bolting through the street door.
A Thief in the Night by Hornung, E. W. View in context
And the invocation was uttered in such a tone as to indicate a rooted antipathy to anything so commonplace, even if she had not added that sequins gave her the sick.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
 
 
 
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