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Piece of eight   /pis əv eɪt/   Listen
Piece of eight

noun
1.
An old silver Spanish coin; worth 8 reales.





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... corruption of the German "thaler," a name for a silver coin worth about four shillings. The name was extended in the form "dollar" to other coins of similar size, notably the old Spanish "piece of eight." ...
— Anson's Voyage Round the World - The Text Reduced • Richard Walter


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