English Explanatory Dictionary

knife money

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Large knife-shaped money made from cast bronze, used in China between 600 and 200 B.C. during the Zhou dynasty.

Word forms

knife money

Etymology

From knife + money, from its knifelike shape.

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