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noun
1.
(in India) a banker or money-changer.
2.
(in the Far East, especially China) a native expert employed to test coins and separate the base from the genuine.
verb (used with object)
3.
to test (coins) in order to separate the base from the genuine.
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Shroff
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| to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable. |
| to spend time idly; loaf. |
Origin:
1610–20; earlier sharoffe < Portuguese xarrafo, probably < Gujarati śaraf < Arabic ṣayrāfī moneychanger
1610–20; earlier sharoffe < Portuguese xarrafo, probably < Gujarati śaraf < Arabic ṣayrāfī moneychanger
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