Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A piece of metal, generally silver, copper, or brass, bearing various devices and inscriptions, formerly used as a counter in card-playing, or in casting up accounts; also, an abbey-counter. Jettons came into use in the fourteenth century, and were extensively used, especially in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, in the Netherlands, France, Germany, and other countries.
Wiktionary
- n. A metal counter used in card games.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A metal counter used in playing cards.
Etymologies
- French jeton. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The game is played by 2 people and you can stake different amount of gold (referring to "jetton" in the game) or nothing at all.”
“And at Stuff to Download (www.mindspring. com/~jetton/pilot/index. html), Trekkies will no doubt exult over the faux tricorder program that simulates scans for life forms and radiation leaks with cool "Trek" sound effects.”
“PERIOD. amber jetton Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 09: 16 PM EST”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘jetton’.
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Public List: Calculating Devices
Some interesting pre-electronic number crunchers.
difference engine, lebombo bone, ishango bone, abacus, antikythera mecha..., napier's bones, calculating clock, pascaline, stepped reckoner, jacquard loom, arithmometer, arithmetique and 11 more...
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Scrabble words which start with the l...
juvenile, juvenal, jutty, jute, jut, justness, justly, justle, justify, justice, juster, just and 534 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, J
jaggery, juju, jackanapes, jasper, jazzy, jostle, jaywalk, jerky, jawbone, jersey, jaw, junction and 83 more...
Tweets
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reesetee A piece of metal, ivory, or other material, bearing an inscription or device, formerly used as a counter in casting up accounts and in card-playing. Also applied to medals or tokens of various kinds. Oct 21, 2008