piece of eight

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Definitions of piece of eight words

noun piece of eight peso (def 4). 1
noun piece of eight a former Spanish coin worth eight reals; peso 0
noun piece of eight the obsolete Spanish and Spanish-American dollar, equal to eight reals 0

before 1600

One of the 39% oldest English words

First recorded in 1600-10

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 3% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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