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DISC |
Penny is 100? That must be a record! |
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LAYING |
Setting table up is Henny Penny’s job |
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QUARTER |
The fourth of a hundred-weight, being 25 or 28 pounds,
according as the hundredweight is reckoned at 100 or 112 pounds. |
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ARE |
The unit of superficial measure, being a square of which each
side is ten meters in length; 100 square meters, or about 119.6 square
yards. |
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HIDE |
A measure of land, common in Domesday Book and old English
charters, the quantity of which is not well ascertained, but has been
differently estimated at 80, 100, and 120 acres. |
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YEN |
The unit of value and account in Japan. Since Japan's adoption
of the gold standard, in 1897, the value of the yen has been about 50
cents. The yen is equal to 100 sen. |
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FRANC |
A silver coin of France, and since 1795 the unit of the
French monetary system. It has been adopted by Belgium and Swizerland.
It is equivalent... |
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RUBLE |
The unit of monetary value in Russia. It is divided into 100
copecks, and in the gold coin of the realm (as in the five and ten
ruble pieces) i... |
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PIASTER |
A silver coin of Spain and various other countries. See
Peso. The Spanish piaster (commonly called peso, or peso duro) is of
about the value of... |
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HUNDREDWEIGHT |
A denomination of weight, containing 100, 112, or
120 pounds avoirdupois, according to differing laws or customs. By the
legal standard of Engl... |
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LAST |
A load; a heavy burden; hence, a certain weight or measure,
generally estimated at 4,000 lbs., but varying for different articles
and in differ... |