Dictionary Entry

coins

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/kɔɪnz/Used In Literature ↓

(money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.

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Common Phrases

. coinscoins goldcoins silvercoins coppercoins roman

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Poetry examples for “coins”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

I would buy it, beg it, steal it,
Pay in coins of dripping blood
For this one transcendent good.

My gelding's uncommonly strong in the loins,
In half an hour I'll bag the coins.
'Tis a clear, sweet night on the turn of Spring.

Upon her swarthy neck black shiny curls
Luxuriant fell; and tossing coins in praise,
The wine-flushed, bold-eyed boys, and even the girls,

A bottle with bluebells
And two French copper coins, ranged there with careful art,
To comfort his sad heart.

A bottle with bluebells
And two French copper coins, ranged there with careful art,
To comfort his sad heart.

Friends, I gather, are small things
In an age when coins are kings;
Even at that, one hardly flings

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My tears before thy face, whilst I stay here,
For thy face coins them, and thy stamp they bear,
And by this mintage they are something worth.

From out my pocket's avaricious nook
Some certain coins of silver, which as 'twere
Perforce I gave this man, though I could spare

Craigdarroch, so famous for with, worth, and law;
And trusty Glenriddel, so skill’d in old coins;
And gallant Sir Robert, deep-read in old wines.