teston
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tən, -tɒn, tɛˈstun noun
1.
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
2.
a former silver coin of England, issued by Henry VII, Henry VIII, and Edward VI, and bearing on the obverse the bust of the reigning king: equal originally to 12 pence, later to sixpence.
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teston or testoon (ˈtɛstən, tɛˈstuːn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a French silver coin of the 16th century |
| 2. | Also called: tester an English silver coin of the 16th century, originally worth one shilling, bearing the head of Henry VIII |
| [C16: from Italian testone, from testa head, from Late Latin: skull, from Latin: shell] | |
| testoon or testoon | |
| —n | |
| [C16: from Italian testone, from testa head, from Late Latin: skull, from Latin: shell] | |
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Teston
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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teston
former English and British coin, nominally valued at one-twentieth of a pound sterling, or 12 pence. The shilling was also formerly the monetary unit of Australia, Austria, New Zealand, and Ireland. Today it is the basic monetary unit in Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda.
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Morales retrieved the plastic bag and conducted a field teston the contents in the bag.
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