plateroon

noun

plateroon

noun

Etymology Most likely derived from plate and doubloon.

1

Archaic, No plural, Slang a counterfeit coin.

'What the Professors of this hellish Art call George Plateroon, is all Copper within, with only a thin Plate.'1714, Alexander Smith, The History of the Highwayman:

Derived terms: George plateroon

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