Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The coins issued at the beginning of the seventeenth century for circulation in the Somers Isles (now the Bermudas). They are of copper, silvered, and are of the value of 1s., 6d., 3d., and 2d.
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Examples
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It is known that he started to town to deposit four hundred dollars hog-money in the bank.
The Daughter of Anderson Crow George Barr McCutcheon 1897
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Everybody gasped and thought of Grover's hog-money.
The Daughter of Anderson Crow George Barr McCutcheon 1897
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