Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Rudely formed rings and ring-shaped or penannular bodies of bronze and other materials found among the remains of ancient peoples of Europe, and generally thought to have been used, at least in some cases, as money.
- noun In modern times, same as
manilla .
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Examples
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The Celebrity was hailed with the reverence due to the man who puts up the ring-money in a prize-fight.
The Celebrity, Volume 03 Winston Churchill 1909
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The Celebrity was hailed with the reverence due to the man who puts up the ring-money in a prize-fight.
The Celebrity, Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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The Celebrity was hailed with the reverence due to the man who puts up the ring-money in a prize-fight.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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A socketed bronze celt and gold ring-money found together near
The Bronze Age in Ireland George Coffey 1886
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Belfast, find of gold ring-money and bronze celt at, 87.
The Bronze Age in Ireland George Coffey 1886
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During the years 1836, 1837, and 1838, there were made at Birmingham or the neighbourhood, and exported from Liverpool to the river Bonney in Africa, large quantities of _cast-iron_ rings, in imitation of the _copper_ rings known as "Manillas" or "African ring-money," then made at Bristol.
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Never mind the corners, I'll fill them with ring-money and other trifles, "and out of his wide pockets he emptied a golden shower, amongst which he sifted handfuls of dust from the floor and anything else he could find to serve as packing, finally covering all with a goat's-hair blanket which he took from his bed.
Queen Sheba's Ring Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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These are occasionally impressed with a legend, and for a time the belief obtained that they were a variety of ring-money peculiar to Ceylon. [
Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) James Emerson Tennent 1836
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